Electroweak interaction/Quiz

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{Which of the following are characteristic of a β+ decay? - a mu neutrino + a positron emission - a decay product of a neutron + weak interaction + an electron neutrino - comes in mutable varieties
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{True or False, A calculation of energy is not possible unless a mass is involved. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Which of the following is not an electron volt? + the angular momentum of the planet Mercury around the Sun - a unit of energy - a quantity that denotes the ability to do work - 1.2 PeV - a unit dimensioned in mass, distance, and time - a unit not based on the Coulomb
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{Complete the text: Match up the item letter with each of the first astronomical source possibilities below: Meteors - A Cosmic rays - B Neutrons - C Protons - D Electrons - E Positrons - F Gamma rays - G Superluminals - H cosmic rays { C|D (i) } galactic nuclei { H (i) }. comets { A (i) }. electron-positron annihilation { G (i) }. weak force nuclear decay { F (i) }. AGNs { B (i) }. 511 keV photon pair production { E (i) }. solar wind { D (i) }.
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{Complete the text: The { delta-ray|delta ray (i) } tracks in emulsion chambers have been used for { direct (i) } measurements of { cosmic-ray|cosmic ray (i) } nuclei above { 1 TeV/nucleon (i) } in a series of balloon-borne experiments.
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{True or False, A unit vector is a direction with a magnitude of one. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Which of the following are involved in the weak force? - a core which emits neutrinos + Fermi's β-decay theory - 26Al - undetectable with balloon-borne detectors + Gamow-Teller interactions - steady enough emission to be used as a standard for X-ray emission - observed with delta-rays in 1731 + M. Fierz
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{The strong force is involved in which of the following phenomena? + s-waves + the sum of the spins - neutrinos + Pauli's exclusion principle + deuterium - radio waves
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{True or False, When the magnetic poles of the Sun reverse during the solar cycle, there is a short time in which the polar diameter is greater than the equatorial diameter. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Which of the following are associated with electromagnetics? + angular momentum transfer + solar wind + protons + electrons - the baryon neutrino + charge neutralization
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{True or False, The generalized weak force theory combines the Fermi and Gamow-Teller conditions into a unified theory. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Which of the following are associated with the big bang neutrinos? - a launch location + relic neutrinos + of order of the photon density + the thermal energy at which neutrinos decouple + neutrinos dynamically dominate baryons - a contracting universe
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{True or False, The force of gravity is the first astronomical source of the strong nuclear force. - TRUE + FALSE
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{The generalization to self-gravitating continua is outlined focused on the classification problem of singularities and metamorphoses arising in the { density field (i) }.
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{If energy is the impetus behind all motion and activity, which of the following are associated with power? - a launch location + a rate of change of the impetus with time - photon density - an acceleration of the impetus - neutrinos dynamically dominating baryons + a rate of change of mass
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{ For standard basis, or unit, vectors (i, j, k) and vector components of a (ax, ay, az), what are the right ascension, declination, and value of a? - if the x-axis is the longitude of the Greenwich meridian, and ax equals ay, then RA equals 6h + if the x-axis is the longitude of the Greenwich meridian, and ax equals ay, then RA equals 3h + the value of a is given by $$a = \sqrt{a^2_x + a^2_y + a^2_z}$$ - if ax equals ay equals az, then the declination is -45° + if ax equals ay equals az, then the declination is +45°
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{Which of the following are associated with the envelope of the polarization current density? + emission of electromagnetic radiation from a superluminal charged particle + intensity of some components decays as the inverse of the distance from the source + non-spherically-decaying sources + emission contains very high frequencies not present in the synthesis of the source + non-spherically decaying components of the radiation do not violate energy conservation + strong electromagnetic fields are compensated by weak fields elsewhere
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Hypotheses

 * 1) The electroweak interaction like the other interactions is a manifestation of a general electromagnetic type interaction.