Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 44 - Quarks, Leptons, and the Big Bang - Problems - Page 1364: 25a

Answer

The quark makeup of the antiproton is $\bar{u} \bar{u} \bar{d}$

Work Step by Step

The quark makeup of the proton is $uud$ We can verify that the quark makeup of the antiproton is $\bar{u} \bar{u} \bar{d}$ The antiproton $\bar{p}$ has charge $-1$, strangeness $0$, and baryon number $-1$ The antiquark $\bar{u}$ has charge $-\frac{2}{3}$, strangeness $0$, and baryon number $-\frac{1}{3}$ The antiquark $\bar{d}$ has charge $+\frac{1}{3}$, strangeness $0$, and baryon number $-\frac{1}{3}$ The conservation laws show that the quark makeup of the antiproton is $\bar{u} \bar{u} \bar{d}$.
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