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Fundamental Forces/Interactions

Fundamental Forces/Interactions. Virtual Particles, Messenger Particles, and Vacuum Fluctuations Energy-time uncertainty relation: Assume a force has a range of 1.5 x 10 -15 m. Estimate the mass of the messenger particle for this force. ConcepTest #94

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Fundamental Forces/Interactions

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  1. Fundamental Forces/Interactions

  2. Virtual Particles, Messenger Particles, and Vacuum Fluctuations Energy-time uncertainty relation: Assume a force has a range of 1.5 x 10-15 m. Estimate the mass of the messenger particle for this force.

  3. ConcepTest #94 Compare a virtual g photon (the messenger particle for the electromagnetic interaction) and a virtual W particle (a messenger for the weak nuclear interaction). Which lives longer and which has the shorter range? Hold up one card from each column.

  4. Feynman (Interaction) Diagrams, part I Some Rules: time g Virtual particles begin and end on diagram All interactions at a “vertex” Each vertex only gets three lines; must have at least one incoming and at least one outgoing. • At each vertex, • (Electric) Charge must be conserved • Color (Charge) must be conserved • Baryon Number must be conserved • Lepton Number must be conserved (by family) time Feynman Diagram Animations http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/physics/animations/Feynman_diagrams/

  5. Quarks and Color and Camouflage, oh my! What is the quark content of the D++?

  6. ConcepTest #94 Consider the following color combinations in various hadrons or anti-hadrons: Which color combination above correspond to the following? Hold up as many cards as necessary: a) Meson b) Anti-Meson c) Baryon d) Violates the colorless rule

  7. Consider the quark from part b). What was the color of this second quark before it absorbed the gluon? CAMOUFLAGE ConcepTest #95 Consider the complete set of colors and anti-colors: a) A quark emits a green-antired ( ) gluon. What is the color of this quark after the gluon emission? b) Another quark absorbs this green-antired ( ) gluon. What is the color of this quark after it absorbsthis gluon?

  8. The “Gumby” Rule Consider the following (incomplete) Feynman diagram showing a quark changing color as it emits a gluon. Recall that this incomplete Feynman diagram is called a vertex. Which of the following vertices describe allowed reactions?

  9. W effect on leptons: In the vertex diagram shown below, an electron emits a W– particle. What particle (??) emerges after this interaction? W effect on quarks: In the vertex diagram shown below, a Bd quark emits a W– particle. What particle (??) emerges after this interaction? ?? W– time ?? e– W– time Bd Feynman Diagram Animations http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/physics/animations/Feynman_diagrams/

  10. Decay Reactions and Particle Lifetimes Consider the following four particle decays. Determine the interaction through which each particle decays. Then rank the particles in terms of lifetime.

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