Physics: Particle Physics 

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specific charge
charge/mass
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beta minus decay
occurs in nuclei with TOO many NEUTRONS, a neutron decays into a proton, releasing a beta particle and an antineutrino.
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strong nuclear force exchange particle
The gluon is the exchange particle
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what experiences the strong nuclear force?
Hadrons, the strong nuclear force is responsible for binding baryons together in the nucleus
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Which particle doesn’t feel the strong nuclear force?
Leptons, for eg. a positron, a muon
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Meson quark structure?
A particle anti particle pair.