Questions


1
The spin of a particle is known to be +1. The particle could be a....

a ... quark.

b ... lepton.

c ... baryon.

d ... meson.


2
In pair production the energy of the incident photon must be greater for muon pair production than electron-positron production because....

a ... electrons and positrons are stable.

b ... muons have more mass then electrons.

c ... muons are baryons.

d ... muons are fermions.


3
We believe that isolated quarks have not been observed because....

a ... they occur only in pairs.

b ... they are unstable outside the nucleus.

c ... we cannot observe collisions with enough energy.

d ... they are mathematical entities.


4
Quarks were given their name by....

a ... Einstein.

b ... Murray Gell-Mann

c ... De Broglie.

d ... James Joyce.


5
According to the standard model there are....

a ... six fundamental elementary particles.

b ... twelve fundamental elementary particles.

c ... twenty four fundamental elementary particles.

d ... over 200 six fundamental elementary particles.


6
An electron is as a....

a ... lepton.

b ... hadron

c ... photon.

d ... meson.


7
Which of the following particles is unstable when isolated?

a ... a gamma ray.

b ... an electron.

c ... a neutron.

d ... a neutrino.


8
Which of the following has the greater penetrating power?

a A beta particle.

b A gamma ray.

c An X-ray

d A neutrino.


9
The standard model is....

a ... true.

b ... a conjecture.

c ... a well developed theory.

d ... not supported by evidence.


10
Which of the following could not be a meson with a charge of +1?

a A positron.

b A pion.

c A kaon.

d A rho particle.


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