(ii) A negative kaon beam is incident on a stationary target giving a reaction where an unknown particle X is produced v
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(ii) A negative kaon beam is incident on a stationary target giving a reaction where an unknown particle X is produced v
(ii) A negative kaon beam is incident on a stationary target giving a reaction where an unknown particle X is produced via the strong interaction: K +p Kº +x. ° [3] Given that this is a strong interaction process, what are the baryon number, electric charge, strangeness, charm, and bottom values for the X? What is the quark content of the X? (iii) In the reaction K+p™ K° +X you found in the previous part, what is the threshold K beam energy and momentum in the lab frame for this reaction to occur? You may give your answer either in terms of particle masses, or a numerical value in MeV if you found a specific particle for X in the previous part. (iv) Consider the decay of the spin-1 o meson to two neutral kaons, → KºKº. Expli- citly evaluate the isospin and parity of the K°*° final state in this decay. Based on this evaluation, can this decay occur via the strong interaction? You will likely need to look up the isospin and other relevant quantum numbers for these particles in a source such as the particle data guide (https://pdg.lbl.gov). [5] [6]
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