Physics: Principles with Applications (7th Edition)

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Chapter 32 - Elementary Particles - Problems - Page 945: 40

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See the Feynman diagram for the reaction. The neutron is on the lower left, and the proton is on the upper left. A muon neutrino and a muon, which are leptons, are part of the interaction. Therefore, the reaction is a weak interaction, mediated by either W or Z particles. The lepton changes sign, so a W boson must be involved (because Z particles are not charged). We draw the diagram by assuming that the neutron emitted a $W^-$ boson that interacted with the neutrino.
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