Solving for X's Baryon & Lepton Number

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I worked out that the baryon number of X is 0 and the lepton number is +1 which means x is a lepton.
However, when I work out the charge of X, do I add W+ to the left hand side or right hand side of the equation? [/B]
 

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Simon Bridge said:
Which way does the W+ go?
Hint: law of conservation of charge.
from the proton to the neutron? because proton is +1?
 
Simon Bridge said:
Which way does the W+ go?
Hint: law of conservation of charge.
Cicicicici said:
from the proton to the neutron? because proton is +1?
It should be pointed out that internal lines in Feynman diagrams do not ”go” in any direction. As such, the labelling of ##W^+## in the diagram is dubious as the diagram equally well represents the other time ordering where one might say that it is a ##W^-## going from the right to the left. In fact, people often take Feynman diagrams way too literally as if the lines were representing the worldlines of little balls moving around. They are nothing but (very very useful) graphical representations of terms in a mathematical series expansion.

When it comes to charge conservation, you can always draw an arrow on a line representing the charge flow and use charge conservation at each vertex. (You can do this for any charge, not just electric charge.)

You are correct that it must be a lepton. What charge must it have based on the above?
 
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Orodruin said:
It should be pointed out that internal lines in Feynman diagrams do not ”go” in any direction. As such, the labelling of ##W^+## in the diagram is dubious as the diagram equally well represents the other time ordering where one might say that it is a ##W^-## going from the right to the left. In fact, people often take Feynman diagrams way too literally as if the lines were representing the worldlines of little balls moving around. They are nothing but (very very useful) graphical representations of terms in a mathematical series expansion.

When it comes to charge conservation, you can always draw an arrow on a line representing the charge flow and use charge conservation at each vertex. (You can do this for any charge, not just electric charge.)

You are correct that it must be a lepton. What charge must it have based on the above?
zero? so it is a neutrino?
 
Orodruin said:
Yes.
Thank you!