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Colour Charge
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u — up quark, +⅔e
d — down quark, −⅓e
Pion exchange
π⁺ (p → n)
π⁻ (n → p)
π⁰ (same kind)
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Cloud density
Jitter
Shimmers the cloud and sets the Zitterbewegung — the rapid trembling of the quarks. Off = perfectly still.
Nuclear motion
Nucleons vibrate and breathe, quarks orbit inside each one, pions hop between neighbours. Speed and amplitude both scale.
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