Strangeness — UPSC Physics Optional CSE 2004 Paper II

(i) Which of the following reactions are allowed and forbidden under the conservation of strangeness, conservation of baryon number and conservation of charge ? \pi^+ + n \rightarrow \Lambda^\circ + K^+ \pi^+ + n \rightarrow K^\circ + K^+ \pi^- + p \rightarrow \Lambda^\circ + K^+ \pi^- + p \rightarrow \pi^\circ + \Lambda^\circ (ii) By drawing E vs. \vec{k} curve, distinguish between metal, insulator and semiconductor.