Fundamentals of Physics Study Set 2

Which of the following particles is stable?

A particle can decay to particles with greater rest mass:

A particle with spin angular momentum is called a:

A particle with spin angular momentum is called a:

An example of a fermion is a:

An example of a boson is a:

All particles with spin angular momentum :

Which of the following statements is correct?

Two particles interact to produce only photons, with the original particles disappearing.The particles must have been:

All leptons interact with each other via the:

An electron participates in:

A proton cannot decay into a neutron, a positron, and an electron neutrino.Which of the following conservation laws would be violated if it did?

A neutral lepton cannot decay into two neutrinos.Of the following conservation laws, which would be violated if it did?

The interaction ^- + p  K^- + ⁺ violates the principle of conservation of:

Different types of neutrinos can be distinguished from each other by:

A neutron cannot decay into a neutrino and an antineutrino.This decay would violate baryon number conservation and which other conservation law?

The stability of the proton is predicted by the laws of conservation of energy and conservation of:

Two baryons interact to produce pions only, the original baryons disappearing.One of the baryons must have been:

When a kaon decays via the strong interaction the products must include a:

Strangeness is conserved in: