Classification of Particles (aaaaaaaa)

Question 1

What are the two main classes of particles?

Answer 1

Hadrons and Leptons

Question 2

What are the properties of hadrons?

Answer 2

Affected by the strong nuclear force, not fundamental so made up of other particles

Question 3

What are the properties of leptons?

Answer 3

Not affected by strong nuclear force, fundamental, can change into other leptons via weak interaction

Question 4

What are some examples of leptons?

Answer 4

Electrons, muons, neutrinos

Question 5

What do muons decay into?

Answer 5

Electrons

Question 6

What are the subgroups of hadrons?

Answer 6

Baryons and mesons

Question 7

What are the properties of baryons?

Answer 7

Made up of 3 quarks, will eventually decay into protons

Question 8

What are the properties of mesons?

Answer 8

Made up of 1 quark and 1 antiquark; unstable

Question 9

What are some examples of mesons?

Answer 9

Pions such as pi+ and pi 0, Kaons such as K+ and K-

Question 10

What are pions the exchange particle for?

Answer 10

The strong force

Question 11

What are nucleons?

Answer 11

Protons and neutrons

Question 12

What are some subgroups of baryons?

Answer 12

Nucleons and sigma particles