Charge (physics)

Charge (physics)

In physics, a charge may refer to one of many different quantities, such as the electric charge in electromagnetism or the color charge in quantum chromodynamics. Charges are associated with conserved quantum numbers.

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Charge (physics) - Examples
... Various chargequantum numbers have been introduced by theories of particle physics ... These include the chargesof the Standard Model The color chargeof quarks ... The color chargegenerates the SU(3) color symmetry of quantum chromodynamics ...

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