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What is quark and higgs boson?
Quarks are point-like particles found mainly in baryons, mesons etc. The Higgs boson is a primary particle produced when the higgs field is excited
How could a neutron become a proto n?
A neutron consists of three quarks, a up quark and two down quarks. One of these down quarks can decay into an up quark (which is lighter) and a W- boson. You now have two up quarks and one down quark which makes up a proton! Your neutron has changed into a proton! The W- boson goes on to decay into (probably) an electron and anti-electron neutrino.
How does the W boson affect beta radiation?
The W boson is the carrier of the weak force (weak interaction), and the weak force is the "boss" of beta decay. The weak interaction mediates the changes that take place in an atomic nucleus just prior to the emission of a beta particle. Let's look at that. In beta decay, one of two things happens. One is that an up quark in a proton becomes a down quark, and the proton becomes a neutron. The weak interaction mediates this, and a W+ boson appears, then becomes a positron and a neutrino. In the other case, a down quark in a neutron becomes an up quark, and the neutron becomes a proton. The weak interaction mediates this, too, and a W- boson appears, and then becomes an electron and an antineutrino. You can use the links below to learn more.
What is the most common decay channel for the Higgs boson?
If the Standard Model is correct -- and the search for the Higgs was (basically) a test of the correctness of the Standard Model -- then a Higgs Boson of mass 126 GeV would decay into a bottom-antibottom quark pair about 56% of the time.
What charge do the different subatomic particles have?
I suppose you are talking about electric charge (since there are others like color or hypercharge). Everything is in units of the elementary charge (i.e. ~1.6 * 10-19 C) The following particles have a charge of +2/3 Up Quark, Charm Quark, Top Quark The following particles have a charge of -1/3 Down Quark, Strange Quark, Bottom Quark The following particles have a charge of -1 Electron, Muon, Tau, Proton (but the Proton consists of two ups and one down quark), W- boson The following particles have a charge of +1 W+ boson The following particles have no charge: Electron Neutrino, Muon Neutrino, Tau Neutrino, Neutron (consists of two down and one up quark), Photon, Higgs (not found yet), Graviton (also not yet found), Z0 boson, gluon. There are also various other composite particles such as mesons, but those are far too numerous to list.
What does a proton consist of?
A Proton consists of two Up quarks and one Down quark held together by Gluon force (a type of Gauge Boson). This should answer the Question
What atomic particles always carry a negative charge?
The electron, muon and tau; the down quark, the strange quark, the bottom quark; and the W boson.
Is a quark the same as an energy level?
No, Higgs Boson is a theoretical particle yet to be observed directly or indirectly by humans. Quarks on the other hand have been observed directly and indirectly. Also, the Higgs boson is responsible for a field, however quarks are responsible for matter, and are the basic constituents of the nuclei in atoms.
Are electrons the smallest things in the world?
No its not, there are particles called gluon, up quark, down quark, muons, neutrinos, and much more smaller things. antimatter(particles), higgs boson(not fully revealed) i won't argue with those but i'm pretty sure justin bieber's penis is smaller too.
What are the particular negative particles required to create beta particles?
For beta- decay, the resulting particles are an electron and an antineutrino. However, it is incorrect to say that these particles create the beta particle. It is more correct to say that the weak interaction causes a down quark in a neutron to change to an up quark, releasing a W- boson. The neutron becomes a proton, and the W- boson decays into the electron and the antineutrino. For beta+ decay, the resulting particles are a positron and a neutrino. It is a similar, though not quite the same reaction. Energy is absorbed, either from an energy rich nucleus, from electron capture, or from internal conversion, converting an up quark in a proton into a down quark, releasing the positron and neutrino, and changing the proton into a neutron.
What does the weak nuclear force act on?
The weak force is the one that allows a quark to turn into a different flavor of quark, thus allowing a neutron to transform into a proton, or a proton to transform into a neutron. In the case of the neutron, one of its down quarks change to an up quark, emitting a W- boson in the process. The boson is itself unstable and rapidly decays into an electron and an electron antineutrino. In the case of the proton, one of its up quarks changes into a down quark, and a W- boson appears briefly, then transforms into a positron and an electron neutrino. If any of this sound familiar, it is because this is the mechanism behind beta decay. There are two kinds of beta decay (beta plus and beta minus), and you can review them and related material by using the links below to related questions.
What do quarks have to do with creating a beta particle?
Beta decay involves changing an up quark into a down quark (Beta+) or a down quark into an up quark (Beta-). This causes a neutron to change into a proton (Beta-) and emit a W- boson which decays into a beta particle (electron and electron antineutrino), or, with extra energy, it causes a proton to change into a neutron (Beta+) which emits a beta particle (positron and electron neutrino). Quarks are involved because protons and neutrons are comprised of quarks in sets of three, two up quarks and one down quark to form a proton, and two down quarks and one up quark to form a neutron.
