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Pions, or pi mesons, are particles that consist of a quark and an antiquark of either up or down flavour. The exchange of virtual pions provides an explanation for the residual strong force between nucleons.

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How can a pion have a mass, given it's a "field mediator" and created/destroyed continuously?

Is mass of the whole nuclei affected in some way by the constant stream of pions? If the question is basically irrelevant, what are the most important parts that I am missing here? …
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