In reply to David Roberson's message of Wed, 9 Dec 2015 22:06:19 -0500: Hi, [snip] >Guys, what would you expect to happen if the identity of individual nucleons >is lost once they enter the nucleus? Since each is supposed to be constructed >from 3 quarks, it may be logical to assume that nearby nucleons behave as one >greater one composed of 6 or more quarks. How would one prove that each >proton and neutron keeps its identity separate? > >Dave As far as the arguments I presented regarding both Coulomb & nuclear force, it wouldn't make any difference, even if it were "soup". The total number of sub-particles (quarks if you prefer), would remain unchanged, as would their charge, and I had already assumed a more or less random distribution. Regards,
Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
