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CAIE A-Level Physics AS 11.2.2 The Charge of Each Flavour of Quark and Understand That Its Respective Questions

Calculate hadron charges from quark and antiquark composition and use charge evidence to identify possible mesons and baryons.

Syllabus
2028–2030
Course
Physics 9702
Level
AS

Exam points

  • Calculate hadron charge from the charges of constituent quarks and antiquarks.
  • Use quark composition and charge to identify possible hadrons, mesons and baryons.

CAIE A-Level Physics AS 11.2.2 The Charge of Each Flavour of Quark and Understand That Its Respective Questions question 1

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The diagrams show the quark composition of four different hadrons. One of the hadrons is a Σ+\Sigma^{+}particle. It has a charge of +e, where e is the elementary charge.

Which hadron could be the Σ+\Sigma^{+}particle?

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Figure for Question CAIE A-Level Physics AS 11.2.2 The Charge of Each Flavour of Quark and Understand That Its Respective Questions question 1 — CAIE A-Level Physics AS — Option A
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Figure for Question CAIE A-Level Physics AS 11.2.2 The Charge of Each Flavour of Quark and Understand That Its Respective Questions question 1 — CAIE A-Level Physics AS — Option B
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Figure for Question CAIE A-Level Physics AS 11.2.2 The Charge of Each Flavour of Quark and Understand That Its Respective Questions question 1 — CAIE A-Level Physics AS — Option C
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Figure for Question CAIE A-Level Physics AS 11.2.2 The Charge of Each Flavour of Quark and Understand That Its Respective Questions question 1 — CAIE A-Level Physics AS — Option D

key
u = up quark
d= down quark
s= strange quark

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