org.josef.science.physics.particle

Interface SubatomicParticle

All Known Implementing Classes:

ElementaryBoson, Lepton, Quark

public interface SubatomicParticle

Interface implemented by all the Subatomic particles.
You can read more about subatomic particles on WikePedia by clicking here.

Version:

1.0 $Revision: 6424 $

Author:

Kees

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Spin	getSpin() Gets the Spin of a subatomic particle.
boolean	isElementary() Determines whether this subatomic particle is elementary or not.

Method Detail

isElementary

boolean isElementary()

Determines whether this subatomic particle is elementary or not.
An elementary particle cannot be divided into other particles.

Returns:

True when this subatomic particle is elementary (does not consist of other particles), false when it is a compound particle.

getSpin

Spin getSpin()

Gets the Spin of a subatomic particle.
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Returns:

The Spin of a subatomic particle.