Particle Interactions Flashcards
What does the virtual photon passed between the particles cause them to do?
Repel
What particles are affected by strong interaction?
Hadrons
What particles are affected by electromagnetic interaction?
Charged particles
What particles are affected by weak interaction?
All types
What are exchange particles represented by?
Wiggly lines
What are particles that are not exchange particles represented by?
Straight lines
In beta-minus decay, what decays into what?
Neutron decays into proton, electron and antineutrino
In beta-plus decay, what decays into what?
Proton decays into a neutron, positron and neutrino
In electron capture, what happens?
Proton and electron decays into neutron and neutrino
What happens in an electron-proton collision?
Electron collides at high speed with a proton
What is electromagnetic repulsion?
When 2 particles with equal change get close to each other, they repel
