6. Quarks and Antiquarks Flashcards
What are the three classes of quarks?
Up, down and strange
What is the Characteristics of an up quark
For an up Quark, the charge is +2/3
For an up Quark, the Baryon Number is +1/3
For an up Quark, the Strangeness is 0
What is the Characteristics of an anti-up Quark
For an Anti-up Quark, the charge is -2/3
For an Anti-Up Quark, the Baryon Number is -1/3
For an Anti-up Quark, the Strangeness is 0
What is the Characteristics of a Down Quark
For a Down Quark, the Charge is -1/3
For a Down Quark, the Baryon Number is +1/3
For a Down Quark, the Strangeness is 0
What is the Characteristics of an Anti-Down Quark?
For an Anti-Down Quark, The charge is +1/3
For an Anti-Down Quark, the Baryon Number is -1/3
For an Anti-Down Quark, the Strangeness is 0
What is the Characteristics of a Strange Quark
For a Strange Quark, The charge is -1/3
For a Strange Quark, the Baryon Number is +1/3
For a Strange Quark, the Strangeness is -1
What are the Characteristics of an Anti-Strange Quark?
For an Anti-Strange Quark, the Charge is +1/3
For an Anti-Strange Quark, the Baryon Number is -1/3
For an Anti Strange Quark, the strangeness is +1
How many quarks are Baryons made up of
All Baryons are made up of 3 quarks.
What is the quark composition of Mesons?
All Mesons are made up of one Quark and one Antiquark
Which Meson has Strange Quarks?
Kaons have strange quarks, while Pions are just made up of up, down, anti-up and anti-down
What is Quark Confinement?
Quark Confinement is the fact that single quark’s cannot exist on their own, in the case that enough energy is supplied to remove a quark, the energy would just be changed into matter.
What is it called where an d quark becomes a u quark?
Changing a quark’s Characer
What interaction can change a quark’s character
Weak Interaction
