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is the weak force responsible for keeping the quarks together? physics

in a video, the guy says that it is responsible, but everyone in the comments is saying that what he said was wrong, and he hasn't acknowledged it so im a bit confused?
thank you
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Original post by vix.xvi
in a video, the guy says that it is responsible, but everyone in the comments is saying that what he said was wrong, and he hasn't acknowledged it so im a bit confused?
thank you

I learnt that it was the strong force
The strong nuclear force is what holds nuclei together in atoms.

The weak nuclear force is responsible for decay
Original post by vix.xvi
in a video, the guy says that it is responsible, but everyone in the comments is saying that what he said was wrong, and he hasn't acknowledged it so im a bit confused?
thank you

The force that keeps the quarks together is the strong force (same as what keeps protons and neutrons in the atomic nucleus). When quarks interact with each other they exchange gluons that "glue" the quarks together.
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Wait so for the strong interaction...
pions are the exchange particles for particles
and gluons are exchange particles for quarks?
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Yes you're right they never explained it and I didn't know this so thank you :smile:
thank you!! i guess he was wrong then
Original post by vix.xvi
thank you!! i guess he was wrong then

It's annoying how some online revision videos sometimes don't correct their mistakes.
Original post by 5hyl33n
It's annoying how some online revision videos sometimes don't correct their mistakes.

yeah exactly, and he's a well known physics guy too

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