Re: Halflife and Randomness

On 15 heinä, 15:41, *** <remdic...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:18:46 -0700, Timberwoof

<timberwoof.s...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <477f93ttoe865t30edu5p233vp46n2k...@xxxxxxx>,
*** <remdic...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

How do quarks enter into decay?

They don't. They come out of it.

I have the impression that the forces holding the quarks of the
nucleus together were so strong we have not yet been able to separate
them in the laboratory.

Do you mean nucleon? A nucleus is the collection of protons and
neutrons, nucleons, is the center of an atom. (The plural is nuclei.)

No free quarks have been found. There are, however, reactions where
the quarks reorganize and form new particles.


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