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6 past-paper questions on Fundamental particles

  • 9702/23 · October/November 20243 marks

    Complete Table 7.1 to show the charges, in terms of the elementary charge e, on each of the flavours of quark and antiquark shown.

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  • 9702/23 · May/June 20253 marks

    An antiparticle equivalent of the neutron is called the antineutron. The quarks in the antineutron are the antiparticles of the…

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  • 9702/22 · May/June 20242 marks

    Q has a charge of –1e, where e is the elementary charge. R has a charge of 0. Complete Table 7.1 to show a possible second quark…

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  • 9702/23 · May/June 20242 marks

    A baryon is composed of three quarks which all have different flavours. The baryon has a charge of 0. Two of the quarks in the…

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  • 9702/23 · October/November 20242 marks

    Describe β⁺ decay in terms of the fundamental particles involved.

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  • 9702/23 · October/November 20242 marks

    Compare baryons and mesons in terms of their constituent particles.

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