Physics A-Level
Particle classification
What Particle classification means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Particle classification
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Reference: OCR
Leptons are classified as fundamental particles that do not feel the strong force, with the electron and neutrino as examples.
Topics that use Particle classification
- Fundamental particles (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Anti-quark charge reversal
- Baryon number and strangeness
- Baryons
- Charge from quark content
- Conservation of charge
- Conservation of lepton number
- Equation balancing as a validity test
- Fractional quark charge
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