New CERN measurement challenges conventional models of how gluons behave inside atomic nuclei
Physicists at CERN have conducted a multidimensional measurement of gluon behavior within atomic nuclei using the ALICE experiment. The results provide new insights into how gluons contribute to the mass and structure of matter, challenging existing theoretical models.
Why it matters
This research advances our fundamental understanding of quantum chromodynamics and the building blocks of the visible universe.
by Brendan M. Lynch, University of Kansas
edited by Gaby Clark , reviewed by Robert Egan
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Add as preferred source The ALICE experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider. Credit: CERN A University of Kansas physicist played a leading role in a CERN study showing that two rival explanations for how gluons behave inside atomic nuclei can now be experimentally distinguished.
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