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Question 22

During the beta-plus (β+\beta^+β+) decay of a nucleus, an up quark transforms into a down quark. One of the leptons produced in this interaction has a lepton number of -1 and is deflected when travelling through a magnetic field. Which lepton is this?

electron\text{electron}electron

electron neutrino\text{electron neutrino}electron neutrino

positron\text{positron}positron

electron antineutrino\text{electron antineutrino}electron antineutrino

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