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CamperBob2today at 8:29 PM1 replyview on HN

Quarks don't have quantum energy states to transition between, hence they aren't subject to radiating photons due to acceleration.

Similar to why the electron in a hydrogen atom doesn't keep emitting radiation and crash into the nucleus once it reaches its ground state... there's no lower state for it to jump to.


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Jblx2today at 8:34 PM

Electrons in an antenna aren't transitioning between quantum states and are still radiating.

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