The Gluon Puzzle: Unraveling the Mysteries of Atomic Nuclei Physicists at CERN's Large Hadron Collider have made a new discovery that sheds light on the enigmatic behavior of gluons deep within atomic nuclei.
The ALICE experiment, led by University of Kansas physicist Daniel Tapia Takaki, has achieved unprecedented spatial resolution, revealing structures as small as one quarter the size of a proton.
Gluons, particles responsible for binding quarks together through the strong force, have long been poorly understood at extremely small scales.