Unit 1: Particles and Radiation

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The general term for a proton or neutron in the nucleus
nucleon
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The quantity "A" in nuclide notation
mass number
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The force which only acts on hadrons
strong nuclear
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The strong nuclear force's range
four femtometres
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The radiation which involves the emission of a helium nucleus
alpha
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The particle released with a beta particle in beta decay
antineutrino
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Particles of light
photons
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The antiparticle of the electron
positron
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The process by which a photon produces a particle and an antiparticle
pair production
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What happens to a positron shortly after production
annihilation
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Another name for an exchange particle
gauge boson
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The exchange particle of the strong nuclear force (at nuceli level)
pion
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The physicist decay and interaction diagrams are named after (last name)
feynman
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The particle a proton becomes in electron capture
neutron
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The particle with the highest specific charge in the atom
electron
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The unobserved exchange particle of gravitation
graviton
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The fundamental force that causes b+ decay
Weak nuclear
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The "heavy electron"
muon
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The hadrons made up of a quark-antiquark pair
mesons
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The non-fundamental particles that are made of quarks
hadrons
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The quark that makes decay unusually long
strange
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The property that is only conserved in strong interaction
strangeness
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The particles that are fundamental and only feel 3 of the 4 fundamental forces
leptons
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The quark with a +2/3 charge found in common matter
up
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The meson whose antiparticle is the same as its particle
neutral pion
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The unit of energy found by multiplying joules by 1.6x10^-13
megaelectronvolt
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The meson that has strangeness
kaon
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The exchange particle of electron capture
W positive
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The exchange particle in electron-proton collision
W negative
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The quantity "A" in nuclide notation

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mass number

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The force which only acts on hadrons

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Card 4

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The strong nuclear force's range

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The radiation which involves the emission of a helium nucleus

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