Physics A-Level
Rest energy and energetically allowed decays
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Definition of Rest energy and energetically allowed decays
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The proton has the lowest rest energy of all baryons, so no further baryon decay is energetically possible.
Topics that use Rest energy and energetically allowed decays
- Classification of particles (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Baryon number
- Baryons
- Baryons and antibaryons
- Conservation laws
- Conservation of baryon number
- Conservation of strangeness
- Energy release in particle decays
- Gluons
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