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Date November 2017 Marks available 2 Reference code 17N.2.SL.TZ0.2
Level Standard level Paper Paper 2 Time zone Time zone 0
Command term Distinguish Question number 2 Adapted from N/A

Question

The Feynman diagram shows electron capture.

Deduce that X must be an electron neutrino.

[2]
a.

Distinguish between hadrons and leptons.

[2]
b.

Markscheme

it has a lepton number of 1 «as lepton number is conserved»

it has a charge of zero/is neutral «as charge is conserved»

OR

it has a baryon number of 0 «as baryon number is conserved»

Do not credit answers referring to energy

a.

hadrons experience strong force

OR

leptons do not experience the strong force

hadrons made of quarks/not fundamental

OR

leptons are not made of quarks/are fundamental

hadrons decay «eventually» into protons

OR

leptons do not decay into protons

Accept leptons experience the weak force

Allow “interaction” for “force”

b.

Examiners report

[N/A]
a.
[N/A]
b.

Syllabus sections

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