: a hypothetical neutral massless particle held to bind together quarks to form hadrons
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With the success of the new theory of quarks and gluons, Lagrangians were once again in ascendance.
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Quanta Magazine, 23 May 2024
The same rule applies to interactions between quarks and gluons and between gluons and gluons.
—Stanley J. Brodsky, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
In this way, physicists have fully defined theories of gluons and other particles purely with S-matrices, avoiding Lagrangians.
—Quanta Magazine, 23 May 2024
Phiala Shanahan, a nuclear and particle physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, leads a team that computes the behavior of quarks and gluons starting from the equations of the strong force.
—Charlie Wood, WIRED, 14 Apr. 2024
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Quanta Magazine, 23 May 2024
The same rule applies to interactions between quarks and gluons and between gluons and gluons.
—Stanley J. Brodsky, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
In this way, physicists have fully defined theories of gluons and other particles purely with S-matrices, avoiding Lagrangians.
—Quanta Magazine, 23 May 2024
Phiala Shanahan, a nuclear and particle physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, leads a team that computes the behavior of quarks and gluons starting from the equations of the strong force.
—Charlie Wood, WIRED, 14 Apr. 2024
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“Gluon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gluon. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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