The beta(-) decay of a neutron leads to a proton, an electron antineutrino and an electron and the beta(+) decay of a proton leads to a neutron, an electron neutrino and a positron. QCD based descriptions of the processes in atomic nucleii finally lead to contradictions with observations.

Can we explain our observations with quantum states of the particles electron, positron and the two kinds of neutrinos?

Wouldn't it be worth trying to find interaction mechanisms between neutrinos, electrons and positrons which lead to the observed properties of nucleons? Could this be an alternative to the QCD theory with its inflational need of new coloured particles ?

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