Thursday, 12 November 2020

homework and exercises - Non-relativistic decay of the Lambda0



The Λ0 baryon has two possible decays, the first is Λ0π0+n0 and the second Λ0π+p+.


I've been asked to determine the ratio of protons to neutrons observed in the decay.


Properties: ParticleSpinChargetotal isospinΛ01200n012012p+12+112π011π0001


Charge and angular momentum are conserved in the decay, but the total isospin changes by 12. I'm supposed to ignore all relativistic effects.


How do I even begin with this question? I don't understand how these conservations lead to the number of particles observed in the decay...




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