Particle Physics Quiz

Which of the following particle is responsible for carrying away the missing energy and momentum in a nuclear decay process.

1.   ?    Alpha-particle
2.   ?    Neutrino
3.   ?    Lepton
4.   ?    Proton

Which of the following scientists were responsible for the first splitting of a nucleus by artificially accelerated particles?

1. Isaac Newton
2. John Cockroft
3. Ernest Walton
4. Alfred Einstein

Which group of particles do not feel the strong the force?

Which of the following particles are Hadrons?

1. Electron
2. Proton
3. Muon
4. Sigma

The anti-particle of the Electron is called the ________.

In Pair Annihilation, a particle and its anti-particle join to be annihilated and produce two of these. What are they?

1.   ?    Protons
2.   ?    Gamma Rays
3.   ?    X-Rays
4.   ?    Photons

How many quarks are there?

1.   ?    2
2.   ?    4
3.   ?    6
4.   ?    8

This type of particle is made up of a quark and its anti-quark

The name quark was first used by Gell-Mann, but it came from a quotation from which of the following authors?

1.   ?    William Shakespeare
2.   ?    James Joyce
3.   ?    W. B. Yeats
4.   ?    Thomas Elliot

Which of the following are elementary particles?

1. Lepton
2. Proton
3. Electron
4. Tao