Quarks Flashcards
What are hadrons affected by
The strong interaction
What are the two types of hadrons
Baryons and mesons
What are some baryons
Protons and neutrons
What are some mesons
Pions and kaons
What are the quantum numbers
Charge, baryon, lepton, strangeness
Which is the only stable baryon
Proton
What is the exchange particle of the strong nuclear force
Pion
What does a kaon do
Decays into a pion
What are some leptons
Electron, muon, neutrino
What does a muon do
Decays into an electron
How are strange particles produced
Through the strong interaction and decay through the weak interaction
What quarks make up a proton
uud
What quarks make up a neutron
udd
What quarks make up π+
u anti-d
What quarks make up π-
d anti-u