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strong interaction

strong interaction

8.9
A force inside atoms that holds protons and neutrons together
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : interacción fuerte
  • The strong interaction is essential for holding protons and neutrons together in atomic nuclei.
  • strong interaction theory
  • symmetry of strong interaction
  • strong interaction region

You have quantum chromodynamics which is quantum mechanics applied to the strong interaction.

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Examples

  • Quantum chromodynamics (QCD), the current theory of the strong interactions, is a field theory of quarks and gluons.

    Academic text (2003)
  • But it wasn't very long before that strong interaction took hold and it caused the quarks to form particles like protons and neutrons.

  • But you can see here that there are still strong interactions going on as long as these guys are close enough to each other.

  • But it seemed to make no sense in the search for a real theory of the strong interactions.

    Academic text (2004)
  • I have developed a modified theory of the strong interaction, with huge and various commercial potentials.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • How can the strong interactions, which are part of the Standard Model, conserve those symmetries?

    Academic text (1996)
  • The discovery of a pattern of exotic hadrons would do much to elucidate the strong interactions.

    Academic text (2003)
  • In the strong-interaction region, pair size should be comparable to the separation between unpaired atoms in the gas.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The superfluid formed in a low-density atomic gas is a clean and controllable system for exploring strong interactions among particles.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Quantum chromodynamics (QCD), the theory of those strong interactions, can—in principle—predict the wide array of possible outcomes.

    Academic text (2012)

Synonyms

strong force
vsstrong interaction
  • Specialized
3 7.3

A force that holds protons and neutrons together inside an atom's nucleus

is the more formal physics term used in theory
color force
vsstrong interaction
  • Specialized
8.8

A force that holds protons and neutrons together inside atomic nuclei

is the more general physics term without that specific label

How Strong

strong interaction
  • Specialized
8.9
interaction
  • Specialized
35 6.7
weak interaction
  • Specialized
1 8.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

strong + interaction

A B1 learner who knows 'strong' and 'interaction' can infer that this refers to a powerful or intense interaction, so the basic idea of a "strong" force is transparent. However, the specific technical meaning— the nuclear force binding protons and neutrons mediated by gluons—requires domain knowledge and is not derivable from the constituents alone, so the term is only partially predictable.

Etymology

Strong interaction uses the words strong and interaction to give the image of a very strong force that makes tiny particles stick together like a 'glue' inside the center of an atom. That's why it means the force that keeps protons and neutrons together in the atom's center.