Timeline for How relevant is the electric charge of quarks within hadrons?
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| Nov 8, 2023 at 17:54 | comment | added | naturallyInconsistent | For a long time, QCD simulations simply ignored the electromagnetic interaction as being too small a perturbation. A first estimate by considering the nuclei as a roughly constant charge density liquid drop provides a great averaged contribution. Only in the recent decade have people started to add the perturbation of actual QED interaction to the behaviour of quarks. | |
| Nov 8, 2023 at 8:00 | comment | added | Hyperon | @NadavHar'El I have now included now both effects in my answer. | |
| Nov 8, 2023 at 7:56 | history | edited | Hyperon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Answer expanded.
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| Nov 8, 2023 at 7:53 | comment | added | Nadav Har'El | According to physics.stackexchange.com/a/34262/219989, " it's mostly the fact that the down quark is heavier than the up quark that makes the neutron heavier than the proton" - not the different charge. | |
| Nov 8, 2023 at 7:16 | history | answered | Hyperon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |