Forgive me for being a layman, but where do these new gluons "go"? It seems to me that pretty much all the energy in the bond between to particles is between those two particles.
But then when the energy becomes great enough and it snaps into a new pair of gluons, do those new gluons go anywhere or do they stay in between the original pair of particles. Do the original particles shoot off into the distance because the force holding them together got converted into some new particles?
Is there a link where I could read more? At these super small scales all my intuitions break down so I'd like something more mathematical to get a grasp on things :)
But then when the energy becomes great enough and it snaps into a new pair of gluons, do those new gluons go anywhere or do they stay in between the original pair of particles. Do the original particles shoot off into the distance because the force holding them together got converted into some new particles?
Is there a link where I could read more? At these super small scales all my intuitions break down so I'd like something more mathematical to get a grasp on things :)