What causes a quark to change its flavor?

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stochastic

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Jun 5, 2007

So what makes a down quark turn up? And why does this create a boson?

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malawi_glenn

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Jun 6, 2007

the laws of physics;)

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).

What causes a quark to change its flavor?

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