QCD

Quantum chromodynamics is a type of quantum field theory with symmetry group SU(3). 

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ALICE probes the strong interaction three-body problem

With new measurements of hadron–deuteron correlations, the ALICE collaboration explores the strong interaction of three-body systems at the LHC.

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25 September, 2024

Thick-skinned: Scientists determine the thickness of neutron “skin” in lead-208 nuclei

This is the first measurement of the neutron skin of lead-208 using exchanges predominantly involving gluons and it can provide insight into the structure of nuclei and neutron stars

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15 November, 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

Ten-year journey through quark–gluon plasma

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09 November, 2022
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09 November, 2022

Run top quark run

The CMS collaboration has measured for the first time the variation, or “running”, of the top-quark mass

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07 October, 2019
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07 October, 2019

LHCb catches fast-spinning charmonium particle

The new particle, dubbed the ψ3(1D), was observed in data recorded between 2011 and 2018

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Physics
26 February, 2019

CMS gets first result using largest yet LHC sample

The CMS collaboration at CERN has submitted its first paper based on the full LHC dataset collected in 2018 and data collected in 2016 and 2017

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15 February, 2019

Free the quarks: Calculating the strong force

Forty years ago quarks gained their freedom – at least theoretically – and the modern theory of the strong interaction began to emerge

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07 February, 2013