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Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) representations of protons and neutrons shown as quark composites. Each flavor of quark u, d, s, c, t and b exhibit any one of three color charges red (R), green (G) or blue (B). Antiquarks u̅ , d̅ , s̅ , c̅ , t̅ exhibit anticolors: R̅ , G̅ and B̅ . Fractional charge characteristics of quarks indicates quarks are themselves composites of electrons and positrons. This is apparent in observed decays such as u + u → Z 0 → e -+ e + and u + d → W -→ e -+ n e and interactions such as u + d → W + → e + + n e .
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A hypothetical model of a quark with a massless spin 1 gluon field is illustrated as a close-coupled, out-of-phase orbital electron/positron pair with aligned spins. A charge screen of depolarized Planck dipoles prevents Coulombic attraction and self-destruction. A proton composed of spin-aligned electrons and positrons in tetragonal arrangement is...
