What Limits the Separation of Quarks in Quarkonia?

[MathematicalPhysicist]

What kind of limitations are there for trying to split up the quarks from their binding formation?

 

[malawi_glenn]

The force between them goes to infinity as a function of separation distance.

 

[MathematicalPhysicist]

Isn't this problem of infinite force between quarks like the infinite of every force which decreases 1/r^a with distance r, and a>0, as r->0.

I'm not convinced this is the only restriction for finding quarks in groups rather than individuals.

 

[malawi_glenn]

That is the reason for why you, classically, can not force two chargers of equal type arbitrary close.

Another feature is the criterion of colour-neutrality, all physically observable states must have 0 colour charge.

 

[humanino]

The force between them goes to infinity as a function of separation distance.

I should say I disagree

The strong coupling constant at large distances

 

[malawi_glenn]

I was referring to the quark-quark potential in e.g. quarkonia. That potential becomes constant at the "string breaking" scale.