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Date November 2011 Marks available 6 Reference code 11N.3.HL.TZ0.20
Level Higher level Paper Paper 3 Time zone Time zone 0
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This question is about the standard model.

Muons can decay via the weak interaction into electrons and neutrinos. One such decay is

\[{\mu ^ + } \to {e^ + } + {v_e} + {\bar v_\mu }\]

(i) Using the table provided, show that in this decay, lepton number L, electron lepton number Le and muon lepton number Lμ are all conserved.

(ii) Label the Feynman diagram below for the decay of a positive muon (μ+).

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Core » Topic 7: Atomic, nuclear and particle physics » 7.3 – The structure of matter
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