Classification of Particles (Leaving Cert Physics): Flashcards
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Particles affected by weak but not strong force
Particles affected by weak but not strong force
Leptons
Particles affected by both strong & weak forces
Particles affected by both strong & weak forces
Hadrons
Structure of leptons (elementary or composite?)
Structure of leptons (elementary or composite?)
Elementary (no internal structure)
Number of lepton types
Number of lepton types
Six types in three generations
First generation leptons
First generation leptons
Electron (e⁻) and electron neutrino (νₑ)
Charge of electron, muon, and tau
Charge of electron, muon, and tau
Charge of neutrinos
Charge of neutrinos
Neutral (0)
Structure of hadrons (elementary or composite?)
Structure of hadrons (elementary or composite?)
Composite (made of quarks)
Quark composition of baryons
Quark composition of baryons
Three quarks
Quark composition of mesons
Quark composition of mesons
One quark and one antiquark
Quark composition of proton
Quark composition of proton
uud (up, up, down)
Quark composition of neutron
Quark composition of neutron
udd (up, down, down)
Charge of up-type quarks (u, c, t)
Charge of up-type quarks (u, c, t)
Charge of down-type quarks (d, s, b)
Charge of down-type quarks (d, s, b)
Can quarks exist in isolation?
Can quarks exist in isolation?
No, permanently confined in hadrons