Physics A-Level
Conservation laws in particle decays
What Conservation laws in particle decays means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Conservation laws in particle decays
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Charge, baryon number and lepton number are each conserved, with the electron having lepton number +1 and the antineutrino having lepton number −1.
Topics that use Conservation laws in particle decays
- Quarks and antiquarks (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Antiquarks
- Baryon number
- Baryons
- Exchange particles and Feynman diagrams
- Mesons
- Quark properties
- Quarks
- Strangeness
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