Hadrons are particles that are made up of quarks, antiquarks and gluons.
We can identify the signals produced by hadrons in the following way:
Here are two example hadrons.
This hadron satisfies all three of the criteria given above. Please go through the three criteria one by one and verify this for yourself! Click here if you want some help with this.
Side View of Event
Side View of Event
This hadron satisfies only two of the three of the criteria given above. Do you understand which one does it not satisfy? Click here if you want some help.
Now you've understood the way we identify tracks produced by different
types of particles, please proceed to:
Challenge I.