Thanks, It's flavor, not color.
On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 7:04 PM, Joseph S. Barrera III <[email protected]>wrote: > I have. I'm very familiar with the Standard Model. > > Let's just concentrate on one piece first. > > When you say > > > "change a neutron into a proton through color change" > > I'm not sure what you're saying. When a neutron decays to a proton (plus > e- and neutrino), it's because a d quark has "decayed" to a u quark plus > W-, and then the W- decays to an e- plus neutrino. But this decay is a > flavor change, not a color change. The color of the "decaying" quark stays > the same. It has to, because otherwise its containing nucleon would no > longer be color-neutral. > > - Joe > >
