STUDY ON CONSERVATION LAWS FOR

ELEMENTARY PARTICLE REACTIONS

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
PROJECT-PAPER

GROUP 10

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
MYINTKYINA UNIVERSITY

BSc Physics September 2015

 STUDY ON CONSERVATION LAWS FOR
ELEMENTARY PARTICLE REACTIONS

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
PROJECT-PAPER

SUBMITTED BY

Mg Min Si Thu Aung (4 Phys-95) Mg Htoi Naw (4 Phys-98)

Ma Seng Nu Pan (4 Phys-97) Ma Ja Aung (4 Phys-99)
Mg Aung Mai (4 Phys-100) Mg Naw Seng Aung (4 Phys-101)
Mg Zahe Hkawng Gyung (4 Phys-102)
Mg Mung Ra Naw Awn (4 Phys-103)
Ma Jun Lu Lu Pan (4 Phys-104)
Mg Htoi San Aung (4 Phys-102)

Chairperson Supervison
 CONTENTS

ABSTRACT

Pages

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1

CHAPTER II UNIVERSALLY CONSERVED QUANTITY 3

2.1 Conservation of Momentum 3

2.2 Conservation of Energy 3

2.3 Conservation of Angular Momentum 4

2.4 Conservation of Charge 5

CHAPTER II FAMILY PARTICLE NUMBER 6

3.1 Conservation of Baryon Number 6

3.2 Conservation of Lepton Quantum Numbers 7

3.3 Strangeness 7

3.3.1 Strange Decay Modes 7

3.3.2 Conservation of Strngeness 9

3.4 Isospin 10

3.4.1 Introduction to Isospin 10

3.4.2 Assigning Isospin Quantum Numbers 10

3.4.3 The Gell-Mann-Nishijima Formula 11

3.4.4 When and How Isospin is Conserved 11

CHAPTER IV CONCLUSION 14
 ABSTRACT

In our project, we discuss the detail of conservation laws for elementary

particles reactions. The conservation laws for macroscopic systems,
conservation of energy, momentum and charge, are not necessary to apply the
elementary particle reactions. Conservation of isospin quantum number,
strangeness quantum number and baryon quantum number are known as
elementary particle reaction's conservation laws. These laws are necessary for
production of elementary particle experiment.