Concept explainers
(a)
The conservation laws violated in the reaction,
(a)
Answer to Problem 1CQ
The strangeness is not conserved in the reaction.
Explanation of Solution
The reaction is,
The following table gives the conservation law violated in the reaction.
Total before the reaction | Total after the reaction | ||||
Strangeness | +1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 |
Thus, the strangeness is not conserved in the reaction.
Conclusion:
The strangeness is not conserved in the reaction.
(b)
The conservation laws violated in the reaction,
(b)
Answer to Problem 1CQ
The electro- lepton number is not conserved in this reaction.
Explanation of Solution
The reaction is,
The following table gives the conservation laws violated in the reaction.
Total before the reaction | Total after reaction | ||||
Lepton number | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Thus, the Lepton number is not conserved in this reaction.
Conclusion:
The electro- lepton number is not conserved in this reaction.
(c)
The conservation laws violated in the reaction,
(c)
Answer to Problem 1CQ
The baryon number is not conserved in the reaction.
Explanation of Solution
The reaction is,
The following table gives the conservation law violated in the reaction.
Total before the reaction | Total after the reaction | ||||
Baryon number | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Thus, baryon number is not conserved in the reaction.
Conclusion:
The baryon number is not conserved in the reaction.
(d)
The conservation laws violated in the reaction,
(d)
Answer to Problem 1CQ
The baryon number is not conserved in the reaction.
Explanation of Solution
The reaction is,
The following table gives the conservation law violated in the reaction.
Total before the reaction | Total after the reaction | ||||
Baryon number | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Thus, baryon number is not conserved in the reaction.
Conclusion:
The baryon number is not conserved in the reaction.
(e)
The conservation laws violated in the reaction,
(e)
Answer to Problem 1CQ
The charge is not conserved in the reaction.
Explanation of Solution
The reaction is,
The following table gives the conservation law violated in the reaction.
Total before the reaction | Total after the reaction | |||||
Charge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Thus, the charge is not conserved in the reaction.
Conclusion:
The charge is not conserved in the reaction.
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