Fundamental Particles Flashcards

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What are the two families of particles that feel the strong nuclear force?

A

Baryons and Masons

They are Hadrons that feel the strong nuclear force

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What family is not affected by the strong nuclear force and is a fundamental particle?

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Leptons

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What is the Quark Theory?

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Explains how all the particles are interlinked

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What are Baryons made up of?

A

3 Quarks

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What are Mesons made up of?

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Quark Anti-Quark Pair

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What are Leptons made up of?

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Nothing, they are fundamental particles

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Helpful Tip

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Lepton Number and Baryon Number are not the same as Charge. They are used to balance equations to follow the laws of physics

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What are Anti particles?

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Antiparticles are made of of antimatter. When matter and anti matter meet they annihilate each other and produce a lair of high energy photons. Energy produced from mass

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