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what are leptons?

A

light particles

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what are mesons?

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medium weight particles

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what are baryons?

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heavy particles

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what are the 6 quantities that must be conserved?

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B - baryon number 
L - lepton number 
Q - charge
S - strangeness
energy and momentum must always be conserved too
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what are the leptons required to know?

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electron
positron
electron neutrino
antielectron neutrino
muon
antimuon
muon neutrino
antimuon neutrino
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What are the mesons required to know?

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negative pion
positive pion
neutral pion
negative kaon
positive kaon
neutral kaon
antineutral kaon
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what are the baryons required to know?

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proton
antiproton
neutron
antineutron

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what is the extra lepton rule?

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A particle is always balanced with its neutrino so if there is an electron involved then there will be an electron neutrino.

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9
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Which particles are always the most stable?

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the lightest ones.

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10
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how many quarks are baryons made of?

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3 quarks or 3 antiquarks

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how many quarks are mesons made of?

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1 quark and 1 antiquark

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what is the quark beta decay?

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down (gives) up + electron + antielectron neutrino

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what is the attractive range of the strong nuclear force

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0.5-3fm

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14
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what is the repulsive range of the strong nuclear force

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<0.5fm

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what does gravity act on and what is its range?

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everything with an infinite range

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what does the electromagnetic force act on and what is its range?

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charged particles with an infinite range

17
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what does the strong force act on and what is its range?

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anything containing quarks with < 10^-15 fm range

18
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what does the weak force act on and what is its range?

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hadrons, leptons and quarks with a range of < 10^-18 fm

19
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what is special about the weak force?

A

it is the only force that can cause a change in flavour

20
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what is the gauge boson for beta minus decay?

A

w-

21
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what is the gauge boson for beta plus decay?

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w+

22
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what is the equation for beta plus decay?

A

proton (gives) neutron + electron + electron neutrino

23
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what is the equation for electron capture?

A

proton + electron (gives) neutron + electron neutrino

24
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what is the equation for electron-proton collision?

A

proton +electron (gives) neutro + electron neutrino

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