What causes a quark to change its flavor?

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So what makes a down quark turn up? And why does this create a boson?
 
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this is also a quantum mechanics topic with no classical analogy, in fact I do not know of ANY analogy with the the weak interaction and classical mechanics (everyday life experience).
 

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