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+ | $SU(3)$ is at the heart of the so-called "eightfold way", a scheme that organizes the large "zoo" of hadron particles into neat geometrical patterns (octets and decuplets). | ||
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+ | $SU(3)$ is also the gauge group of the strong nuclear interaction. It describes how particles with "color charge" (quarks and gluons) interact. | ||