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> Only a little over 1% the mass of a neutron is the three quarks normally listed. Do you have a source for this?
by hongsy 5y ago
> Only a little over 1% the mass of a neutron is the three quarks normally listed.
Do you have a source for this?
- monocasa 5y agoYou can add up the mass of one up quark (2.2MeV) and two down quarks (4.7MeV each) and compare that to the mass of a neutron (939.565MeV)
- blobster 5y agohttps://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16095-its-confirmed-matter-is-merely-vacuum-fluctuations/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16095-its-confirmed-m...
- cwillu 5y agohttps://profmattstrassler.com/articles-and-posts/particle-physics-basics/the-structure-of-matter/protons-and-neutrons/ https://profmattstrassler.com/articles-and-posts/particle-ph... has a very good explanation.