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Hi, this may be a stupid and obvious question but its my first post so allow me to ask:
Why is mass not conserved in most weak quark interactions e.g : d → u + W-
the mass of the down quark is about 4.8 MeV
and the up quark is about 2.4 MeV
and the W- mass is 80.4 GeV!
And even accounting for the constituent quark mass the equation doesn't add up,
could someone clear this up for me? Thanks.
Why is mass not conserved in most weak quark interactions e.g : d → u + W-
the mass of the down quark is about 4.8 MeV
and the up quark is about 2.4 MeV
and the W- mass is 80.4 GeV!
And even accounting for the constituent quark mass the equation doesn't add up,
could someone clear this up for me? Thanks.