Question: The + (mass 1189 MeV/c 2 ) is composed of two up quarks (u) and one strange quark (s). The mass of an up

The ∑+ (mass 1189 MeV/c2) is composed of two up quarks (u) and one strange quark (s). The mass of an up quark is about 4 MeV/c2, and the mass of a strange quark is about 150 MeV/c2. Why don’t these mass values “add up” to equal the mass of the ∑+ as one might expect? Does the mass of the  ∑+ come mainly from the masses of these quarks or from the potential energy associated with binding? Explain.

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