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quantum chromodynamics (QCD)

Theory that describes the action of the strong force. The strong force acts only on certain particles, principally quarks that are bound together in the protons and neutrons of the atomic nucleus, as well as in less stable, more exotic forms of matter. Quantum chromodynamics has been built on the concept that quarks interact via the strong force because they carry a form of “strong charge,” which has been given the name “colour.” The three types of charge are called red, green, and blue, in analogy to the primary colours of light, though there is no connection with the usual sense of colour.


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00 Hardcover QC174 This work presents original research on continuum quantum geometric path integrals applied to Yang-Mills theory and variants, such as QCD, Chern-Simons theory, and Ising Models.
You didn't need QCD to find out how heavy protons are.
Had the QCD error been corrected prior to the actual NIST publication in 2007, it rather easily could have been evenly adjusted to h626/e489; though questioning its coherency in the last 3-digits of a with respect to the comparative 02 and 98 data.
 
 
 
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