Quark Combinations

Question 1

What is the quark combination for a proton and what are its quantum values

Answer 1

up up down
baryon number: 1
charge: 1

Question 2

What is the quark combination for a anti proton and what are its quantum values

Answer 2

anti up, anti up, anti down
baryon number: -1
charge: -1

Question 3

What is the quark combination for a neutron and what are its quantum values

Answer 3

up, down, down
baryon number: 1
charge; 0

Question 4

What is the quark combination for an anti neutron and what are its quantum values

Answer 4

anti up, anti down, anti down
baryon number: -1
charge: 0

Question 5

What do kaons decay into

Answer 5

pions

Question 6

What are strange particles produced by and what do they decay by

Answer 6

produced by strong nuclear

decay by weak nuclear

Question 7

What can change in weak nuclear interactions

Answer 7

strangeness

Question 8

What is the composition of pi + meson

Answer 8

up, anti down

Question 9

What is the composition of pi - meson

Answer 9

anti up, down

Question 10

What are the compositions of pi0 meson

Answer 10

up, anti up
down, anti down

Question 11

What is the composition of a K- meson

Answer 11

anti up, strange
(strangeness -1)

Question 12

What is the composition of a K+ meson

Answer 12

up, anti strange
(strangeness +1)

Question 13

What are the compositions of a K0 meson

Answer 13

down, anti strange

anti down, strange

Question 14

What do all baryons decay into

Answer 14

Protons