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Particle Physics Mind Map by Saad (Edexcel) PDF

This document is a mind map about particle physics. It shows that quarks come in 6 types (up, down, strange, charm, top, bottom) and that each quark has a fractional electric charge of either +2/3 or -1/3 and a baryon number of +1/3. Antiquarks have the opposite charges and baryon numbers. Baryons like protons and neutrons are made of 3 quarks, while mesons are made of a quark and antiquark. The only stable baryon is the proton, as others will decay into protons.
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Particle Physics Mind Map by Saad (Edexcel) PDF

This document is a mind map about particle physics. It shows that quarks come in 6 types (up, down, strange, charm, top, bottom) and that each quark has a fractional electric charge of either +2/3 or -1/3 and a baryon number of +1/3. Antiquarks have the opposite charges and baryon numbers. Baryons like protons and neutrons are made of 3 quarks, while mesons are made of a quark and antiquark. The only stable baryon is the proton, as others will decay into protons.
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Particle Physics - Mind Map

Down, Strange,
Up, Charm, Top Bottom always Has a
always have 2/3, have 1/3, Strangeness
either positive either positive of -1
or negative or negative

Strange (-1/3) Charm (+2/3)

Bottom (-1/3)
Down (-1/3)

Quarks
Top (+2/3)

Up (+2/3)
Classified by
Strangeness,
Each quark Baryon &
Each Anti-Quark has a baryon Charge
has a baryon number of +1/3 Made up Number.
number of -1/3
of Quarks
(Fundamental
Particles)
Baryon Baryon
Number: -1 Number: -1

Anti-up (-2/3)

For each U*D*D* U*U*D*


Anti-neutron Anti-proton
Quark,
Anti-Down (+1/3) there is a
Anti-Quarks corresponding
Anti-Quark
with opposite UDD UUD
Neutron Proton
charge /
baryon/
Anti-Strange charge #
(+1/3) Anti-Top (-2/3) Baryon
Number: +1 Baryon
Has a Number: +1
strangeness Anti-Bottom Baryons
of +1 Anti- (+1/3)
Charm (-2/3)
Only stable
Made up of stand-alone
3 quarks, or baryon is proton,
Tau
Hadrons (Non- 3 antiquarks others decay
Electron Muon into protons
(Particle) Fundamental
Neutrinos Particles)
Lepton All unstable
Number: +1 Mind Map
by Saad -- Mesons
Particles START HERE
US* K+ pi+ UD*

Made up of
U*S K- one quark, and
pi- U*D
Kaons one antiquark
Pions
Leptons
(Fundamental DS* K0
pi0 UU*
Particles) Always contain
at least one Always contain
Lepton
Number: -1 D*S K0 strange quark up and down
or strange (quarks or 0 DD*
antiquark anti-quarks).

Anti-particles
(Particle)
Antineutrinos

Hence Have
Strangeness
Positron Anti Tau
Anti Muon

Made by Saad Kaleem

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