Particles Flashcards
1
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Quark
A
Constituents of protons neutrons and other hadrons. there can be strange quarks, up quark or down quarks.
2
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Lepton
A
Electrons positrons muons and antimuons and their antiparticles are leptons. they cannot interact with the strong interaction.
3
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Electron capture
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Process in which an inner shell electron of an atom is captured by the nucleus.