| Description |
Quarks are the building blocks of nearly all of the "elementary particles". Although set forth as mathematical models, the actual physical existence of quarks has been fairly well established. Quarks have very specific mathematical properties, which determine their physical properties.l To specify the state of a quark, four physical parameters must be specified, position, spin, isospin, and color. The first is specified by a space wave function. The latter three properties are described by a function in an abstract function space. To describe a particle made up of quarks, a total wave function must be determined. |
