Quote Originally Posted by Lisa View Post
Well that's not really correct. I think strong force has something to do with something here, well it does for protons , it was keeps the neutrons and protons together... As for electrons well the strong force is actually the strongest force of all 4 forces but it only travels a minuscule space and for a minis clue time that it couldn't reach or affect a electron and these are called mesons. It's all very complicated.

Last time we did photons and this time it's mesons.
Isn't that just another way of saying that massive separations in scale prevent electrons from knocking loose quarks?