Particles

Question 1

What are gauge bosons

Answer 1

Exchange particles
(Theoretical) graviton for gravity
(Virtual) photon for electromagnetic
Gluon for strong nuclear
W bosons for weak nuclear
Z boson and Higgs bosons (unneeded)

Question 2

What’s a hadron

Answer 2

Particles made of quarks that can interact through the strong interaction
Baryons or mesons

Question 3

What’s a baryon

Answer 3

A hadron made of 3 quarks or 3 anti-quarks
P = uud
N = udd

Question 4

What’s a Mesons

Answer 4

A hadron made of a quark and a anti quark
Pion(made of up and down) or kaon(made of a strange and another one)

Question 5

List pions

Answer 5

Pie+ = u’d
Pie- = d’u
Pie0 = u’u, d’d

Question 6

List Kaons

Answer 6

K+ = u’s
K- = s’u
K0 = ‘ds, ‘sd

Question 7

What is a electron capture

Answer 7

Proton in a proton rich nucleus weak interacts with a inner shell electron producing a neutron and a neutrino

Question 8

Definition of ionisation

Answer 8

Creation of an ion