Evidence for number of different colour charges

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The discussion centers on the experimental evidence supporting the existence of three color charges in quantum chromodynamics (QCD), which correspond to the three types of color charge associated with quarks. The ratio of hadron events to muon events is crucial in demonstrating the presence of six quarks, each exhibiting one of three color charges. This relationship is foundational in particle physics, confirming the theoretical framework of QCD and the behavior of strong interactions.

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what experimental evidence is there for the number of different colour charges?
this was on one of our past papers but i don't really understand a few of the answers found online and hyperphysics.com seems to have some of the info missing from the page...

all i know is that the number of colours is related to the ratio of the number of hadron events to the number of muon events, this somehow points to 6 quarks and 3 colours but i don't know why or how...


thanks for any help
 
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indie452 said:
what experimental evidence is there for the number of different colour charges?

Yes, I'd like to know the answer, too.

Anyone? :smile:​
 

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