An Alternative Proposal for the Graphical Representation of Anticolor Charge

• Gerfried J. Wiener ^[1] ; Sascha M. Schmeling ^[2] ; Martin Hopf ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Vienna

     University of Vienna

     Innere Stadt, Austria

     
  2. [2] European Organization for Nuclear Research

     European Organization for Nuclear Research

     Genève, Suiza

     
• Localización: The Physics Teacher, ISSN 0031-921X, Vol. 55, Nº. 8, 2017, págs. 472-474
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • We have developed a learning unit based on the Standard Model of particle physics, featuring novel typographic illustrations of elementary particles and particle systems. Since the unit includes antiparticles and systems of antiparticles, a visualization of anticolor charge was required. We propose an alternative to the commonly used complementary-color method, whereby antiparticles and antiparticle systems are identified through the use of stripes instead of a change in color. We presented our proposal to high school students and physics teachers, who evaluated it to be a more helpful way of distinguishing between color charge and anticolor charge.