The discussion centers on the implications of altering the strength of the strong force on the size of protons and the stability of atomic structures. It is established that if the strong force were reduced to ten times weaker than the electromagnetic force, the proton's radius would increase significantly, potentially approaching infinity as the strong force approaches zero. The phenomenon of quark confinement remains intact as long as the coupling constant is positive, meaning that quarks will not be free even if the strong force is weakened. The relationship between the strong force and the electromagnetic force is critical in determining the stability of atomic structures, particularly in hydrogen atoms.
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ChrisVer said:I don't know about that...QCD works differently to EM... so you can't speak of "radiation" of the bosons... This radiation works for the EM because it has infinite range...
QCD doesn't have infinite range, and that's why we never count quarks or gluons... We just count jets of color-neutral particles...
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