Conservation Laws
Absolutely conserved flavour quantum numbers are
- electric charge (Q)
- weak isospin (I3)
- baryon number (B)
- lepton number (L)
In some theories, the individual baryon and lepton number conservation can be violated, if the difference between them (B − L) is conserved (see chiral anomaly). All other flavour quantum numbers are violated by the electroweak interactions. Strong interactions conserve all flavours.
Read more about this topic: Charm (quantum Number)
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