Multiple Choice
Conservation laws: Consider the decay πo → μ- + e+. This decay is
A) allowed.
B) forbidden because conservation of energy is violated.
C) forbidden because conservation of baryon number is violated.
D) forbidden because conservation of mass is violated.
E) forbidden because conservation of lepton numbers is violated.
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