Is the Residual Strong Force Mediated by a Single Meson or Two Quarks?

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The residual strong force is mediated by pions, which are the lightest mesons formed from quark-antiquark pairs. This interaction respects quark confinement, as it is impossible for a single quark to mediate the force due to the infinite energy required to isolate it. The discussion emphasizes that the exchange of quarks, rather than gluons, occurs in soft hadronic scattering, confirming that the residual strong force operates within the framework of quantum chromodynamics (QCD).

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In the Residual Strong Interaction, energy and momentum are exchanged not through gluons but through exchange of quarks, for example in the soft hadronic scattering of a pi + and proton. Is the interaction mediated by a single meson or by two quarks, and if the latter doesn't this violate quark confinement?

Ray
 
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rayveldkamp said:
In the Residual Strong Interaction, energy and momentum are exchanged not through gluons but through exchange of quarks, for example in the soft hadronic scattering of a pi + and proton. Is the interaction mediated by a single meson or by two quarks, and if the latter doesn't this violate quark confinement?

Ray


Hi,

The residual strong force is mediated by pions. Pions are the lightest possible mesons. So basically like all mesons these pions are nothing else then a quark anti-quark combination. The reason why a quarkpair is mediated is because of confinement so this phenomenon is certainly respected by the residual strong force. For example it is not possible that this interaction is mediated by one single quark because it would take an infinite amount of energy in order to make sure that this quark is single...Ofcourse then we are in trouble with renormalization and our process is not physical. So it is exactly the asymptotic freedom that makes sure that no single quark is found at low energies...

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marlon
 

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