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In Addition to Charge and Baryon Number, Another Conserved Quantity XX

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In addition to charge and baryon number, another conserved quantity in particle interactions is lepton number. The six leptons have lepton number +1 , and their antiparticles have lepton number -1 . The lepton numbers for each generation (electron, muon, tau) are separately conserved. For example, an electron has electron-lepton number +1 , while the electron antineutrino has electron-lepton number -1 . What is the missing particle XX in the following reaction? μ+pn+X\mu^{-+} p \rightarrow n+X


A) γ\gamma
B) vμ\mathrm{v}_{\mu}
C) π0\pi^{0}
D) e\mathrm{e}^{-}
E) ve\mathrm{v}_{\mathrm{e}}

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