12. Particle Physics

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Anti-Matter
Has the same mass but opposite charge (as ordinary matter)
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Pair Production
The creation of a particle and its antiparticle when a gamma ray photon gets absorbed by a neutron
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Pair Annihilation
Occurs when a particle and its antiparticle collide / annihilate to produce two gamma ray photons
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Strong Nuclear Force
The force that bonds proton and neutrons in nuclei
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Weak Nuclear Force
The force responsible for radioactive beta decay
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Elementary Particle
A particle that has no other particles inside of it
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Lepton
Elementary particle that does not experience the strong force
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Hadron
A particle that experiences the strong force
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Quark
Elementary particle found in hadrons that experience the strong force.
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Baryon
Contains three quarks
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Antibaryon
Contains three antiquarks
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Meson
Contains one quark and one antiquark
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Positron
An anti-electron
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*Proton and Neutron Quarks
*Proton: uud
Neutron: udd
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