Question: (a) The most common decay mode of the Using the quantum numbers in the table given above, show that strangeness changes by 1, baryon number

(a) The most common decay mode of the Eparticle is EA +-

Using the quantum numbers in the table given above, show that strangeness changes by 1, baryon number and charge are conserved, and lepton family numbers are unaffected.

(b) Is the decay K+  + +Vu allowed, given the quantum numbers in the table given above?

Strategy 

In part (a), the conservation laws can be examined by adding the quantum numbers of the decay products and comparing them with the parent particle. In part (b), the same procedure can reveal if a conservation law is broken or not.

Eparticle is EA +-

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