Pions are produced by the vacuum. If the vacuum can be excited, the strong force can be modified through the influence of the vacuum on pion production. Everything emerges through the vacuum. The vacuum is fundamental.
On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 7:27 PM, Eric Walker <eric.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 6:18 PM, Bob Higgins <rj.bob.higg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Is it possible to take this non-conventional "understanding" of the >> nucleus and apply it to the interaction you are describing? >> > > Possibly. It seems related. It seems like an implication would be that > we would have to set aside pion exchange in favor of this alternate > description. > > Eric > >