Strangeness and Particles

Quarks (UCT!)
140 combinations: not all examined!
Strange particles
• Produced through strong interaction
• Decay through weak interaction (Kaons)
• Always produced in pairs
• Quantum number conserved (similar to charge, baryon number etc)
 Decay:
Kaons and Pions (mesons) Kaon Pion Strong force

• Kaons decay into pions

• Pions are the exchange particle for the
strong nuclear force
• Contain a strange quark, and so have a
strangeness number
 Decay:

Muons Muon Electron