gluon

Gluons are carriers of the strong force that normally “glue” quarks together into familiar protons and neutrons and other species.
5 results

ATLAS measures strength of the strong force with record precision

The result showcases the power of the LHC to push the precision frontier and improve our understanding of nature

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Physics
25 September, 2023

ALICE shines light into the nucleus to probe its structure

New ALICE results shed light on the nature of gluonic matter at the LHC

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Physics
14 July, 2023

COMPASS

Experiments
Experiments

Four decades of gluons

How a walk through CERN’s corridors helped lead to the discovery of the gluon forty years ago at the DESY laboratory

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Physics
18 June, 2019
Physics
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18 June, 2019

Odd gluon compounds may be lurking in protons

Precision results from the TOTEM experiment provide further explanation on proton-proton interactions at high energies

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Experiments
09 February, 2018
Experiments
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09 February, 2018