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Could somebody explain me this?: Why is the arrow of the electron-antineutrino pointed towards the W-boson and not as in the second picture upwards?

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This is my first post and also haven't learned too much about physics yet so please if anything is unclear hit me up.
 

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Vanadium 50 said:
Because somebody drew it backwards.
The one that is drawn on is mine. The correct one should be the other one
 
So if i get it right: If a W- boson decays like here the output will be an electron-antineutrino and an electron?
 
Oh and another question, this picture is about muon capture but it isn't right is it? First of all there are no anti-leptons so it can't be right: L=1+1=2 second of all the muon isn't an antimuon so the arrow should be the other way around, shouldn't it?
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