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How do mesons explain nuclear stability?
I understand that nuclear stability is explained by the presence of the residual nuclear force, which in turn is a result of the strong nuclear force, which I believe, is mediated between quarks via ...
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Cause of Strong force
What is the origin and cause of the strong interaction which occurs between the nucleons? I have read that it is caused by the exchange of mesons but what then ultimately causes this meson exchange to ...
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Energy conservation when exchanging meson
In Prob 1.2 of Griffith's "Introduction to Elementary Particles" 2nd ed., it says that:
However, I don't understand why it states that "they must temporarily violate the conservation of energy by ...
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How does the nuclear interaction keep protons and neutrons together?
The strong force holds atoms hadrons together by using gluons to change the color charge of quarks and making the hadrons color nutral.
But how does the nuclear force keep protons together, I heard ...
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Why can omega meson not decay into two charged pions?
Why is the decay of the $\omega$ meson similiar to the neutral $\rho^{0}$ meson into two charged $\pi$ prohibited?
My first thought was that it has something to do with isospin conservation in the ...
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