Nuclear and Particle Physics · Summer Term

The Standard Model

Classification of particles into quarks, leptons, and baryons, and the exchange particles of fundamental forces.

Key Questions

  1. 1How do conservation laws for baryon and lepton numbers dictate possible particle interactions?
  2. 2What evidence supports the existence of quarks if they can never be observed in isolation?
  3. 3How would an engineer apply particle acceleration to probe the structure of matter?

National Curriculum Attainment Targets

A-Level: Physics - Particles and RadiationA-Level: Physics - The Standard Model
Year: Year 13
Subject: Physics
Unit: Nuclear and Particle Physics
Period: Summer Term

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