Can a Quark Tunnel Out of a Proton?

[Tumorsito]

Hi everyone,
As far as I know tunelling effect can occur within an atom, a proton can "evade" de nuclei. Can this happen also to a quark inside a proton? Will this quark be alone/will the proton have just 2 quarks? I suppose since you don't had any energy to the system the quark wouldn't create a pair to be stable, and the same thing applies to the stability of the proton. Thanks everyone for your time!

 

[PeterDonis]

As far as I know tunelling effect can occur within an atom, a proton can "evade" de nuclei.

Where are you getting this from? Please give a specific reference.

Can this happen also to a quark inside a proton?

Quarks cannot be isolated; they can only exist in combinations of multiple quarks that have no net color charge.

 

[Tumorsito]

Where are you getting this from? Please give a specific reference

Well, I remember seeing it on a yt video, I also found now some websites referring to this but I couldn't find a proper reference to this, so I'm assuming it may be a huge simplification?

 

[PeterDonis]

I remember seeing it on a yt video, I also found now some websites referring to this but I couldn't find a proper reference to this, so I'm assuming it may be a huge simplification?

I don't even know what it's supposed to be a huge simplification of. "Proton can evade nuclei" means nothing to me. I was hoping for a reference to some specific experiment.

 

[PeterDonis]

I remember seeing it on a yt video, I also found now some websites referring to this but I couldn't find a proper reference to this

For future reference, this is not a suitable starting point for an "A" level thread. "A" level means a graduate level familiarity with the subject matter; you won't get that from yt videos or random websites.

 

[PeterDonis]

Since no proper reference is available, this thread is closed.

 

[PeterDonis]

Moderator's note: Thread level changed to "B" for posterity.