Are Protons and Neutrons
Fundamental?
Neutron
2 Nucleons
- But up and down quarks are points,
- confined roughly to the volume of the
nucleon
- Even protons and neutrons aren't
fundamental, comprised of more fundamental particles ...
quarks
- No evidence that quarks and
electrons are not fundamental, ...an experimental
question
- ...pointlike to the resolution of
the best microscopes