| Baryon and Lepton Numbers Conservation Story1 #723180 This law requires that the total baryon and lepton numbers are the same before and after an interaction occurs. To determine the total baryon number, every baryon is assigned +1 for matter, –1 for antimatter, and 0 for all other particles. The same applied for the electron-lepton, muon-lepton and tau-lepton numbers. These laws are used to easily identify which decay is forbidden for a given unstable particle and their origin is an open question. |
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