relativistic invariance

[AntonioLao]

Electric charges obey the principle of relativistic invariance. However, gravity charges do not. But the more important question is what about color charges? Do they or do they not obey the principle of relativistic invariance? Consequently, color charges are exclusive attributes of quarks and gluons (if they exist) while all other matter and antimatter are predominantly colorless.

Another distinction is that electric charges are quantized but not gravity charges. In theory, gravity charges can become quantized if and only if the concept of a quantum of mass is validated. Experimentally, a continuous spectrum of relativistic mass values can always be measured. However, the same experiments only allow electric charges to exist only in 3 states: positive, negative, and neutral while color charges can only exist in 4 states: red, green, blue, and colorless. Nevertheless, only by empirical coincidences so do colorless matter and antimatter (e.g. mesons and hadrons) violate the principle of relativistic invariance. For the colorful quarks and gluons (if they exist), their relativistic invariance cannot yet be experimentally determined or verified.

[Profpat]

How can a color charge be colorless. If it lacked color would it still be a color charge?

[AntonioLao]

a color and its anticolor is colorless for all mesons. A red quark together with a green quark and a blue quark is also colorless for all baryons. This suggests that if your avatar is a baryon then it must be colorless.

[Profpat]

I would have thought they would be white.

[AntonioLao]

White is technically defined as colorless as in sunlight or randomized electomagnetic polarization.

[Profpat]

White is technically defined as colorless as in sunlight or randomized electomagnetic polarization.

Thank you for that " clarification "

[AntonioLao]

But color charges are really not color in the physical sense. Properly defined I would rather call them directional invariance properties.

[Profpat]

To each their own Antonio. I like color charges better, it's more " colorful "

[AntonioLao]

Then you have become a member of the majority of physicists with Gell-Mann at the top of the list. I wonder how is he doing? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Gell-Mann

[Profpat]

Hopefully he's coming up with my An Idea, independently on his own.