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What are the 2 things a particles can be split into?

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hadron
non-hadron

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What are the two types of hadron?

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baryon
meson

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What are the two types of bayron?

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proton
neutron

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What are the two types of meson?

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pions
kaons

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What are the two types of non-hadron?

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lepton
bason

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What are the four types of lepton?

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electron
muon
taon
corresponding neutrinos

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what are the two types of bason?

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W+, W-, Z
other exchange particles

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Which type of particle interacts with the strong force and which does NOT interact with it?

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Hadrons DO interact with the strong force
Non-hadrons do NOT respond to the strong force

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What type of particle is a proton?

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hadron
baryon

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What type of particle is a neutron?

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hadron
baryon

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What type of particle is a pion?

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hadron
meson

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What type of particle is a kaon?

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hadron
meson

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13
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What type of particle is a electron?

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non-hadron
lepton

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What type of particle is a muon?

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non-hadron
lepton

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What type of particle is a taon?

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non-hadron
lepton

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16
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What type of particle is a neutrino?

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non-hadron
lepton

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What type of particle is a W+/W-/Z?

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non-hadron
bason

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What type of particle is an exchange particle?

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non-hadron
bason

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19
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What type of particle is a baryon?

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hadron

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What type of particle is a meson?

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hadron

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21
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What type of particle is a lepton?

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non-hadron

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22
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What type of particle is a bason?

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non-hadron

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23
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What things must be conserved during an interaction?

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mass
energy
momentum
charge
baryon number
lepton number

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What baryon number do baryons have?

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What baryon number do anti-baryons have?
-1
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What baryon number do non-baryons have?
0
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What lepton number do leptons have?
+1
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What lepton number do anti-leptons have?
-1
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What lepton number do non-leptons have?
0
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What are the 3 types of quarks that we need to know?
up down strange
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What is the charge of an up quark?
+2/3 e
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What is the charge of a down quark?
-1/3 e
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What is the charge of a strange quark?
-1/3 e
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What is the baryon number of an up quark?
+1/3
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What is the baryon number of a down quark?
+1/3
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What is the baryon number of a strange quark?
+1/3
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What is the strangeness of an up quark?
0
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What is the strangeness of a down quark?
0
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What is the strangeness of a strange quark?
-1
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What is the combination of quarks for a neutron?
down up down
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What is the combination of quarks for an anti-neutron?
anti-down anti-up anti-down
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What is the combination of quarks for a proton?
up up down
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What is the combination of quarks for an anti-proton?
anti-up anti-up anti-down
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What is the combination of quarks for a baryon?
quark, quark, quark or anti-quark, anti-quark, anti-quark
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What is the combination of quarks for a meson?
quark, anti-quark or anti-quark, quark
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What is the combination of quarks for a pion plus?
up anti-down
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What is the combination of quarks for a pion minus?
anti-up down
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What is the anti-particle of a pion plus?
pion minus
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What is the anti-particle of a pion minus?
pion plus
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What is the combination of quarks for pion 0
down, anti-down or up, anti-up
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What is the anti-particle of a pion 0?
pion 0 (itself)
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What property do all kaons have?
strangeness
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What is the combination of quarks for a kaon plus?
up anti-strange
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What is the combination of quarks for a kaon minus?
anti-up strange
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What is the anti-particle of a kaon plus?
kaon minus
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What is the anti-particle of a kaon minus?
kaon plus
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What is the combination of quarks for a kaon 0?
down anti-strange
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What is the combination of quarks for anti-kaon 0?
strange anti-down
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What is the anti-particle of a kaon 0?
anti-kaon 0

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