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On the number of colours in Quantum Chromodynamics

2000/09/20 by A. Abbas, Abbas, A.
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Benford’s Law and Fraud Detection #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Mathematics and Applications #Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) #hep-ph #nucl-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/0009242

Latex file, 5 pages, no figures

arxiv created 2000/09/20 · openalex publication_date 2000/09/20 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

It is commonly believed that π0 → 2 γ decay shows that there are three colours in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). It is shown here that this is not correct. When correct colour dependent charges of the quarks are considered then it is shown that this decay does not make any statement about the number of colours in QCD.

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