On 5/3/2013 2:02 PM, Axil Axil wrote:
The positron will be subject to EM forces that the neutron is not.
It all depends on the level that you are looking at. Yes, when looking
at the neutron on from the outside, you statement is correct. But when
looking at the neutron on the inside, the charged quarks fell the
electrostatic and magnetic field imposed on them from the outside due
to virtual photons emitted by electrons.
Well, if you posit the existence of quarks, then why do we need a positron?
Are you guys positing that a proton is (u, u, d) and a neutron is (u, u,
d, e+) but only until you probe it at high energies at which point it
suddenly looks like (u, d, d)?
Wouldn't it make more sense if the neutron were always (u, d, d)?
- Joe
