How are Pions Produced in Nuclei?

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Pions are produced within a nucleus primarily through the exchange of gluons, which is a manifestation of the Colour Force. This process is analogous to the way photons are generated by the interaction of charged particles. The discussion highlights the role of quantum fluctuations and the minimum uncertainty in energy measurements as critical factors in pion production. For a visual representation, a Feynman diagram illustrating quark interactions during pion production is referenced.

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How are Pions produced inside a nucleus? I've heard it was through gluons exchange but found nothing about it.
 
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Same way photons are produced by charged particles interacting and gluons are produced by quarks interacting. In this case, I think it's a manifestation of the Colour Force.
 
Could you explain it in more detail?
Also, browsing through wikipedia I found a Feynman diagram that seems to point when a pion is produced, however, it does not really tells how.
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Pn_scatter_quarks.png/300px-Pn_scatter_quarks.png
 

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