Nucleus & Quarks

▸ Loading Standard Model (quarks · leptons · bosons)…

▸ Assembling proton (uud, +1) & neutron (udd, 0) from quarks

▸ Enabling strong nuclear force (gluons) binding nucleons…

▸ Setting proton number Z = 6 (Carbon)

▸ Ready — Online. ✅

Nucleus being built

⚛️ C · Carbon

Proton count (Z)—

Neutron count (N)—

Mass number (A = Z+N)—

Element—

Binding energy—

Quark structure

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Binding energy/nucleon (B/A) & N/Z ratio B/A (peak ~Fe)N/Z