Quark chaos

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Let's say you had 3 up quarks and 3 down quarks what could you create

1 neutron Nothing 1 proton 1 proton and 1 neutron A big boom

Dawn Zachow by Dawn Zachow , 14, USA

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James Watson
Jul 9, 2020

A proton is 2 up quarks and 1 down quark. This leaves us with 2 down quarks and 1 up quark which we can use to make 1 neutron, so we can make 1 proton and 1 neutron! \boxed{ \textrm{ 1 proton and 1 neutron! }}

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Thanks for bringing an element of Astronomy!

Yajat Shamji - 11 months, 1 week ago

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