Abstract
The different interpretations of quark mixing involved in weak interaction processes in the Standard Model and the Generation Model are discussed with a view to obtaining a physical understanding of the Cabibbo angle and related quantities. It is proposed that hadrons are composed of mixed-quark states, with the quark mixing parameters being determined by the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix elements. In this model, protons and neutrons contain a contribution of about 5% and 10%, respectively, of strange valency quarks.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 617-625 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | International Journal of Modern Physics E |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2006 |