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Why Don’t Three Quarks Add Up to One Proton? (and its not even close)

Posted on January 27, 2013 by David

You’ve probably heard a thousand times that a Proton is made up of three Quarks: Two Up-Quarks and one Down-Quark. Right? So lets just take a quick look to see how they add up. OK – an Up Quark weighs … Continue reading →

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