Quarks: Consider the Negative Pion, π-

question 58

Essay

Quarks: Consider the negative pion, π-.
(a) What combination of up and down quarks makes up this particle?
(b) Is the π- a baryon or a meson?
(c) Is the π- a lepton or a hadron?

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