Particle physics and energy

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What is the baryon number of a lepton?
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What has the smallest mass, muons or electrons?
electrons
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What are the charges of the leptons?
Electrons and muons are negatively charged and neutrinos are neutral
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What has the greatest rest mass, a muon or a kaon?
kaon
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What are hadrons made from?
quarks
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When is baryon number conserved?
In any production
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What are leptons?
fundamental particles
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What is the quark composition of a k+?
up, anti-strange
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What is the equation that links the rest energy of the products, the kinetic energy of the products and the total energy before?
the rest mass of the products = total energy before - the kinetic energy of the products
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How many quarks are in a baryon?
3
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How many quarks are in a meson?
2