Usually I try to borrow them from my public library first. After I read them, if I feel that the book is high quality then I will buy a used copy online cheaply (usually). I just returned it to the library, but this topic was occupying my thoughts because I wondered most of my life how this...
hi,
I have read that the process of repulsion between two similar charges, such as two electrons, is mediated by the exchange of a photon. This photon somehow merges with the nearby electron and somehow directs the electron to move in the opposite direction. Is this correct?
I don't quite...
So what is happening here?: Λc+e-=n+νe
The charm quark is heavier than the down quark so if the charm quark becomes a down quark does that mean that the neutron and electron neutrino are moving with great momentum?
Sorry about the superscripts and subscripts. I can't seem to find the...
But what about these more positive quarks such as charm and top (truth) quarks? Can they combine with the electron?
Incidentally, anyone know why top and bottom are more popular names than truth and beauty? I rather like the latter names.
Can the down quark combine with an electron to make another heavier quark? Where could I find more information about the types of interactions that vanhees71 cited? Is there some layman's book that discuss the various types of electron capture in these terms? thanks
thanks everyone,
But to pursue this a bit farther - are there any situations where quarks combine together, perhaps to form heavier quarks? Perhaps this might happen in a neutron star?
I wonder if someone could explain what is known about electron capture in which a proton captures an electron which then becomes a neutron? I have read that a proton which has two up quarks and a single down quark will have the the creation and destruction of multiple quark - antiquark pairs...