Energy pie chart for proton, field energy?

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The energy composition of a proton can be effectively represented in a pie chart format, highlighting the contributions from quarks, gluons, and various field energies. The primary contributors to a proton's energy are gluon binding energy and kinetic energy, with quarks contributing only about 1-2%. The discussion also touches on estimating the Electroweak field energy contribution relative to strong and weak field energies, suggesting a ratio based on the relative strengths of these forces.

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Can the energy in the fields that make up an proton be fraction-ed into a pie chart?

Don't we have quark, gluon, weak, electromagnetic field energy in a proton?

Thanks for any help!
 
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Think of it as all gluons and you'd be pretty close. Surprisingly the quarks contribute only a percent or two, all the rest comes from gluon binding energy and kinetic energy.
 
Bill_K said:
Think of it as all gluons and you'd be pretty close. Surprisingly the quarks contribute only a percent or two, all the rest comes from gluon binding energy and kinetic energy.

Thank you!

How wrong would I be if I estimated the Electroweak field energy contribution by the relative strength of the forces:

Strong field energy:Weak field energy:Electromagnetic field energy::

1:1/137:10^-6 or should it be the squares of these numbers?

Numbers from:

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/forces/couple.html

Thanks for any help!
 

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