Which conservation law is violated in each of these proposed reactions and decays? (Assume that the products have zero orbital angular momentum.) (a) $\Lambda^0 \to p + K^-$; (b) $\Omega^- \to \Sigma^- + \pi^0$ ($S = -3$, $q = -1$, $m = 1672 \text{ MeV}/c^2$, and $m_s = \frac{3}{2}$ for $\Omega^-$); (c) $K^- + p \to \Lambda^0 + \pi^+$
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The conservation laws that need to be considered are conservation of charge, conservation of baryon number, and conservation of strangeness. Conservation of charge: The proton has a charge of +1, and the kaon has a charge of +1. The resulting kaon also has a Show more…
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