Physics: Principles with Applications (7th Edition)

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Chapter 32 - Elementary Particles - Problems - Page 945: 23

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The first reaction is impossible. Conservation of charge is violated: $1+1 \neq 1 + (-1)$. Conservation of baryon number is violated: $1 +1\neq 1 + (-1)$. The second reaction is impossible. Conservation of charge is violated: $1+1 \neq 1 + 1 + (-1)$. Conservation of baryon number is violated: $1 +1\neq 1 + 1 + (-1)$. The third reaction is possible. Quantities are conserved. The fourth reaction is impossible. Conservation of baryon number is violated: $1 +1\neq 1 + 0 + 0 +(-1)$. Conservation of lepton number is violated: $0 +0\neq 0 + (-1) +(-1) + 0$.
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