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# Hadron
## I. What it is (established science)
Hadrons (e.g. protons, neutrons, pions) are composite particles made of quarks bound by the strong force. They are the stable resolution at the nuclear scale — the observable "parts" when the substrate coarse-grains below quark resolution. See QCD and nuclear physics; RST maps via **[[../Relational Friction]]** and confinement.
## II. RST/RRT reading
| Physics | RST/RRT |
|:---|:---|
| Composite | **composed_of** [[Quark]]; the substrate maintains hadron-scale distinction. |
| Confinement | Coarse-graining: the Format delivers hadrons, not free quarks; friction \(1-\mu\) at quark scale. |
| Scale | **typical_scale** → nuclear / fm ([[Scale registry]]: hadron ~ \(10^{-15}\) m). |
## III. Relations
- **composed_of:** [[Quark]].
- **typical_scale:** [[Scale registry]] (hadron / nuclear).
- **translates_from:** [[Quark]]. Translation rule: [[../../expanded theory applied/further applications/Material layer/Material layer (RST)#V. Layer-to-layer translation|Material layer (RST) §V]].
- **translates_to:** [[Atom]] (nucleus as hadronic content).
```scale_part
L 1e-15
```