Radiative process

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In this Feynman diagram, electrons annihilate and become a quark-antiquark pair.  Then one radiates a gluon.  (Time goes left to right.)
In this Feynman diagram, electrons annihilate and become a quark-antiquark pair. Then one radiates a gluon. (Time goes left to right.)

In particle physics, a radiative process refers to one elementary particle emitting another and continuing to exist. This typically happens when a fermion emits a boson such as a gluon or photon.

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