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Which of the following is NOT a fundamental force in nature?
Which of the following is NOT a fundamental force in nature?
What is the rest mass of a positron?
What is the rest mass of a positron?
What does the process of annihilation produce when a particle and its antiparticle meet?
What does the process of annihilation produce when a particle and its antiparticle meet?
Which of the following is the antiparticle of a neutron?
Which of the following is the antiparticle of a neutron?
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Which fundamental force is responsible for beta decay?
Which fundamental force is responsible for beta decay?
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Which of the following is NOT a fundamental particle?
Which of the following is NOT a fundamental particle?
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Which of the following forces is responsible for the interaction of hadrons?
Which of the following forces is responsible for the interaction of hadrons?
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Which of the following particles is a hadron?
Which of the following particles is a hadron?
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How do leptons differ from hadrons?
How do leptons differ from hadrons?
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The discovery of the Higgs boson helps explain which of the following?
The discovery of the Higgs boson helps explain which of the following?
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What is the primary function of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)?
What is the primary function of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)?
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Based on Figure 2, what can you infer about the nature of hadrons?
Based on Figure 2, what can you infer about the nature of hadrons?
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of quarks?
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of quarks?
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What is the charge, in units of the elementary charge e, of a charm quark?
What is the charge, in units of the elementary charge e, of a charm quark?
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Which of the following is a hadron?
Which of the following is a hadron?
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What is the charge, in units of the elementary charge e, of an anti-down quark?
What is the charge, in units of the elementary charge e, of an anti-down quark?
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What is the name of the force that holds quarks together within hadrons?
What is the name of the force that holds quarks together within hadrons?
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Which two quarks make up a neutron?
Which two quarks make up a neutron?
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How many types of quarks are there?
How many types of quarks are there?
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What is the name of the novel by James Joyce from which the term 'quark' was inspired?
What is the name of the novel by James Joyce from which the term 'quark' was inspired?
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If a particle has a charge of -1e, what could its quark composition be?
If a particle has a charge of -1e, what could its quark composition be?
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Which of the following is NOT a baryon?
Which of the following is NOT a baryon?
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What is the charge of a particle with the quark composition ūs̄?
What is the charge of a particle with the quark composition ūs̄?
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A particle with the quark composition uds has a charge of 0e. What is the charge of a particle with the quark composition ūds̄?
A particle with the quark composition uds has a charge of 0e. What is the charge of a particle with the quark composition ūds̄?
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Which of the following is a property of a meson?
Which of the following is a property of a meson?
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Which of the following is NOT true about the principle of charge conservation?
Which of the following is NOT true about the principle of charge conservation?
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What is the charge (in terms of 'e') of a particle with the quark combination: uds̄?
What is the charge (in terms of 'e') of a particle with the quark combination: uds̄?
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How many quarks are there in a π+ meson?
How many quarks are there in a π+ meson?
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Flashcards
Antimatter
Antimatter
Matter composed of antiparticles, which have opposite charges to particles.
Antiparticle
Antiparticle
A particle that has the opposite charge of its corresponding particle.
Annihilation
Annihilation
Process where a particle and its antiparticle destroy each other, converting mass into energy.
Four fundamental forces
Four fundamental forces
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Beta decay
Beta decay
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Fundamental Particle
Fundamental Particle
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Hadrons
Hadrons
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Leptons
Leptons
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Strong Nuclear Force
Strong Nuclear Force
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Electromagnetic Force
Electromagnetic Force
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Weak Nuclear Force
Weak Nuclear Force
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Higgs Boson
Higgs Boson
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Quark
Quark
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Types of Quarks
Types of Quarks
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Charge of Up Quark
Charge of Up Quark
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Anti-Quark
Anti-Quark
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Standard Model of Elementary Particles
Standard Model of Elementary Particles
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Charge of Down Quark
Charge of Down Quark
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Collisions in Particle Accelerators
Collisions in Particle Accelerators
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Proton
Proton
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Neutron
Neutron
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Charge conservation
Charge conservation
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Quark composition of proton
Quark composition of proton
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Quark composition of neutron
Quark composition of neutron
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Baryons
Baryons
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Mesons
Mesons
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Charge of A particle (uds)
Charge of A particle (uds)
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Positive quarks
Positive quarks
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