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Elementary Particles

Problem 6.310

Indicate the reasons why the following processes are forbidden: (1) \(\Sigma-A^{0}+\pi^{-}\) (2) \(\pi^{-}+p \rightarrow K^{+}+K^{-}\) (3) \(K^{-}+n \rightarrow \Omega^{-}+K^{+}+K^{0}\) (4) \(n+p \rightarrow \Sigma^{+}+\Lambda^{0}\) (5) \(\pi^{-} \rightarrow \mu^{-}+e^{+}+e^{-}\) (6) \(\mu^{-} \rightarrow e^{-}+v_{e}+v_{\mu}\)

Reveal Answer
6.310.Process1isforbiddenintermsofenergy;inotherprocessesthefollowinglawsofconservationarebroken:ofbaryoncharge(2),ofelectriccharge(3),ofstrangeness(4),ofleptoncharge(5),andofelectronandmuoncharge(6).6.310. Process 1 is forbidden in terms of energy; in other processes the following laws of conservation are broken: of baryon charge (2), of electric charge (3), of strangeness (4), of lepton charge (5), and of electron and muon charge (6).