Question: Which conservation law is violated in each of these proposed decays? Assume that the initial particle is stationary and the decay products have zero orbital

Which conservation law is violated in each of these proposed decays? Assume that the initial particle is stationary and the decay products have zero orbital angular momentum.

(a) μ- → e- + v μ;

(b) μ- → e+ + v e + v μ;

(c) μ+ → π+ + v μ

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