PARTICLE PHYSICS Flashcards
1
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Pair production
A
The creating of two particles from energy.
In the process a particle and its anti particle are produced.
Momentum and electric charge are conserved
2
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Lepton
A
A particle that does not feel the strong force
3
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Elementary particle
A
A particle that has no other particles inside it or has no other sub parts to it
4
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Hadron
A
A particle that feels the strong force
5
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Quarks
A
Elementary particles out of which baryons and mesons re made
6
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Meson
A
Made up of any one quark and one antiquark
Pion
Kaon
7
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Baryon
A
Is made up of any three quarks Proton Neutron Lambda Sigma
