Physics A-Level
Energy release in particle decays
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The total rest mass of the pions is less than the kaon rest mass, so the energy difference appears as kinetic energy of the pions.
Topics that use Energy release in particle decays
- Classification of particles (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Baryon number
- Baryons
- Baryons and antibaryons
- Conservation laws
- Conservation of baryon number
- Conservation of strangeness
- Gluons
- Hadrons
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