Back to Robin’s initial observation, it can be noted that Pions are composed of two quarks which are indeed antiparticles to each other. In the standard model, an up quark and an anti-down quark make up a π+, whereas a down quark and an anti-up quark make up the π−, and these are the antiparticles of one another.
Now, can we say that the proton always contains pions? If so then clearly quark antiparticles coexist in a nucleus. The pions are only evidenced in a disintegration – which the same as Stubbs muons/anti-muons – only evidenced in a disintegration. This is important, and both cases could be mirror images in a way. In fact, both the Stubbs view and the standard model could be views which are subsets of some kind of duality – whether it is wave/particle duality or something similar. Russ George wrote: Of course one makes kaons and pions through the prodding of nuclei with infiltrating protons so we have a bit of a chicken and egg puzzle. Ordinarily one needs accelerated protons but of course in cold fusion there is clearly an alternative to brute force. From: Axil Axil Inline image 1 Kaons and pions decay to muons. Russ George wrote: Holmlid sees kaons and pions in his experiments as progenitors of his muons! -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] >To counter one objection: it is well known that muons and antimuons are >completely stable together below a threshold of acceleration, just like the >quark and antiquark coexist in every nucleus of matter. According to the standard model, there are no antiquarks in ordinary matter. Just up and down quarks, which are not anti-particles of one another. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk
