University Physics with Modern Physics (14th Edition)

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Chapter 44 - Particle Physics and Cosmology - Problems - Discussion Questions - Page 1519: Q44.6

Answer

Conservation principles will be violated.

Work Step by Step

An electron cannot decay to 2 photons because charge would not be conserved. An electron cannot decay to 2 neutrinos because lepton number (page 1493) would not be conserved.
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