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PeterPumpkin
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I'm reading The Lightness of Being by Frank Wilczek.
The strong force falls off rapidly with distance. And yet when we attempt to separate two quarks the force increases enormously.
I assumed the strong force acted between hadrons (= groups of quarks) and between quarks but this assumption seems inconsistent with the change of force with distance.
EG Does this mean that the strong force acts only between hadrons ie groups of quarks?
The strong force falls off rapidly with distance. And yet when we attempt to separate two quarks the force increases enormously.
I assumed the strong force acted between hadrons (= groups of quarks) and between quarks but this assumption seems inconsistent with the change of force with distance.
EG Does this mean that the strong force acts only between hadrons ie groups of quarks?