An alternative proposal for the graphical representation of anticolor charge.

Gerfried Wiener, S. Schmeling, Martin Hopf

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Article number472
Pages (from-to)472-474
Number of pages3
JournalThe Physics Teacher
Volume55
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2017

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 503013 Subject didactics of natural sciences

Keywords

  • MODEL

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