Particles And Radiation Flashcards
What force do hardons experience
Strong nuclear force
What are hadrons formed by
Quarks
What makes up a baryon
3 quarks and 3 anti quarks
What are mesons made up of
A quark and anti quark pair
What are leptons
Fundamental particles that don’t experience the SNF
What are unstable nuclei
Particles which have too many either protons neutrons or both, the SNF can’t keep them stable and they will decay
Where does alpha decay take place
In large nuclei with too many protons and neutrons
Where does beta minus decay take place
In nuclei which have too many neutrons
What happens in beta minus decay
A neutron turns into a proton
What is annihilation
When particles collides with their corresponding anti particle
What does annihilation result in
Masses of the particle and anti particle being converted into the energy form of 2 gamma ray photons moving in opposite directions
What does annihilation result in
Masses of the particle and anti particle being converted into the energy form of 2 gamma ray photons moving in opposite directions
What is pair production
When a high energy photon is converted into a particle, anti particle pair. Excess energy is converted to KE of the particles
What are the three exchange particles
Gluon
W boson
Virtual photon
Where does the gluon act
Strong force
