A-Level Physics Specification

OCR A H556

Section 6.4.2: Fundamental particles

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#6.4.2a

particles and antiparticles; electron–positron, proton-antiproton, neutron-antineutron and neutrino-antineutrino

#6.4.2b

particle and its corresponding antiparticle have same mass; electron and positron have opposite charge; proton and antiproton have opposite charge

#6.4.2c

classification of hadrons; proton and neutron as examples of hadrons; all hadrons are subject to both the strong nuclear force and the weak nuclear force

#6.4.2d

classification of leptons; electron and neutrino as examples of leptons; all leptons are subject to the weak nuclear force but not the strong nuclear force

#6.4.2e

simple quark model of hadrons in terms of up (u), down (d) and strange (s) quarks and their respective anti-quarks

#6.4.2f

quark model of the proton (uud) and the neutron (udd)

#6.4.2g

charges of the up (u), down (d), strange (s), anti-up (\(\bar{u}\)), anti-down (\(\bar{d}\)) and the anti-strange (\(\bar{s}\)) quarks as fractions of the elementary charge e

#6.4.2h

beta-minus (β) decay; beta-plus (β+) decay

#6.4.2i

β decay in terms of a quark model;
\(d ⟶ u + ^0_{-1}e + \bar{ν} \)

#6.4.2j

β+ decay in terms of a quark model;
\(u ⟶ d + ^0_{+1}e + ν \)

#6.4.2k

balancing of quark transformation equations in terms of charge

#6.4.2l

decay of particles in terms of the quark model.