7. Suppose there were a kind of “neutrinolet" that was massless, had no color charge or electrical charge, and did not feel the weak force. Could you say that this particle even existed? 8. Is it possible for a particle to be both (a) a baryon and a hadron? (b) a lepton and a baryon? (c) a meson and a quark? (d) a hadron and a lepton? Explain.

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Q: 1. The following decays do not occur in the Standard Model. State why they do not occur, giving all…

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Q: The role of the Higgs Boson in the Standard Model is O to endow particles with mass O to prevent…

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Q: Which conservation law is violated in the strong nuclear reaction π− + p → Σ+ + K−? Baryon number…

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Q: ** 18. Use the fact that the E* has charge +1, baryon number 1, and strangeness –1 to find its quark…

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Q: 2. A new, exotic particle (not necessarily a Standard Model particle), X, is discovered which decays…

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Q: Explain how the weak force can change strangeness by changing quark flavor.

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Q: Why can't an up quark turn into a charm quark?

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