Quarks and nuclear physics

The introduction of quark concept in nuclear physics may improve our understanding of the nuclear properties just where such improvements are needed most: at small distances. Strange particles, antiprotons and high energy hadron interaction with nucleus are useful sources of information concerning the short range nuclear force. Deep inelastic scattering of electrons off nuclei will eventually tell us if quarks in nuclei feel that they are not in an isolated hadron but rather in hadrons closely packed in a nucleus. (orig.)