Nuclear & Particle Physics
3 terms
Hadrons
Nuclear & Particle Physics
Composite Particle Class
Subatomic composite particles made of quarks and gluons held together by the strong nuclear force.
Strongly interacting composite particles (Baryons & Mesons)
Half-Life
Nuclear & Particle Physics
Seconds, Hours, or Years
The time required for half the radioactive nuclei in a given sample to undergo spontaneous radioactive decay.
t_½ = ln(2) / λ ≈ 0.693 / λ, N(t) = N₀ (½)^(t / t_½)
Higgs Boson
Nuclear & Particle Physics
GeV/c² (Mass Energy)
An elementary scalar boson associated with the Higgs field that endows fundamental particles with rest mass via electroweak symmetry breaking.
m_H ≈ 125.1 GeV/c², Spin = 0, Scalar Field φ