Weak Hypercharge - Baryon and Lepton Number

Baryon and Lepton Number

Weak hypercharge is related to baryon number - lepton number via:

where X is a GUT-associated conserved quantum number. Since weak hypercharge is also conserved this implies that baryon number minus lepton number is also conserved, within the Standard Model and most extensions.

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