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INTERACTION NUCLEAIRE FORTE [2 records]

Record 1 2020-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
DEF

A fundamental interaction experienced by elementary particles (as hadrons) that is more powerful than any other known force and is responsible for the binding together of neutrons and protons in the atomic nucleus and for processes of particle creation in high-energy collisions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
DEF

[Interaction] élémentaire responsable de la force forte et transmise par les gluons.

CONT

Pour les spécialistes de la physique nucléaire, l'interaction forte désigne donc la force responsable de la cohésion des noyaux atomiques. Sans interaction forte, le noyau des atomes cèderait à la répulsion électrostatique des protons entre eux.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
CONT

Strong nuclear interaction. Quarks are fundamental particles that carry fractional electric charge and are strongly interacting. They also have a quantum number called "colour". ... an interaction between quarks, mediated by particles called gluons, that serve as carriers of "colour".

OBS

It is a short range force operating at the femtometer range. Leptons do not experience the strong interaction, but gluons interact among themselves. As [he] explained, strong interactions are responsible for holding the nucleus together through a reaction that manifests itself as an exchange of mesons between neutrons and protons.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
CONT

À l'échelle nucléaire et dans le domaine d'énergie qui intéresse la physique des réacteurs nucléaires, trois des quatre interactions sont concernées : interaction électromagnétique (émission de photons), nucléaire faible (radioactivité), nucléaire forte. C'est cette dernière interaction qui rend compte de la cohésion du noyau [...] les nucléons (neutron, proton) seraient construits à partir des particules plus élémentaires : les quarks. Le gluon serait le «véhicule» de l'interaction forte comme le photon pour l'interaction électromagnétique. À l'heure actuelle, l'interaction forte est interprétée dans le cadre d'une théorie appelée la chromodynamique quantique.

Spanish

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