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In Addition to Charge and Baryon Number, Another Conserved Quantity X\mathrm{X}

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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 X\mathrm{X} in the following reaction? n+X\rightarrow \overline{\mathrm{n}}+\mathrm{X}


A) τ\tau
B) π\pi^{-}
C) e\mathrm{e}^{-}
D) μ\mu^{-}
E) pˉ\bar{p}

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