Radiative process

In particle physics, a radiative process refers to one elementary particle emitting another and continuing to exist.

[1] This typically happens when a fermion emits a boson such as a gluon or photon.

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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.)