Imaginary Color Charge
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 11:45 am
I found the following list of gluon color charges:
1: ((r, anti b)+(b, anti r))/sqrt(2)
2: ((r, anti g)+(g, anti r))/sqrt(2)
3: ((b, anti g)+(g, anti b))/sqrt(2)
4: ((r, anti r)-(b, anti b))/sqrt(2)
5: (-i*((r, anti b)+(b, anti r)))/sqrt(2)
6: (-i*((r, anti g)+(g, anti r)))/sqrt(2)
7: (-i*((b, anti g)+(g, anti b)))/sqrt(2)
8: ((r, anti r)+(b, anti b)-2*(g, anti g)/sqrt(6)
5, 6, and 7 :Have imaginary terms! Gluons can be absorbed by quarks, so does that mean that quarks can :Have imaginary color charge as well?
1: ((r, anti b)+(b, anti r))/sqrt(2)
2: ((r, anti g)+(g, anti r))/sqrt(2)
3: ((b, anti g)+(g, anti b))/sqrt(2)
4: ((r, anti r)-(b, anti b))/sqrt(2)
5: (-i*((r, anti b)+(b, anti r)))/sqrt(2)
6: (-i*((r, anti g)+(g, anti r)))/sqrt(2)
7: (-i*((b, anti g)+(g, anti b)))/sqrt(2)
8: ((r, anti r)+(b, anti b)-2*(g, anti g)/sqrt(6)
5, 6, and 7 :Have imaginary terms! Gluons can be absorbed by quarks, so does that mean that quarks can :Have imaginary color charge as well?