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	~~The~~ '''~~quantum~~ gluon field''' is the gauge field of quantum chromodynamics. Its excitations are gluons, which mediate the strong interaction between quarks and other color-charged particles. Because gluons themselves carry color charge, the gluon field has strong self-interactions that lead to confinement, jets, and the complex internal structure of hadrons.~~<ref>{{cite web \|title=Gluon \|url=https://en~~.~~wikipedia~~.~~org/wiki/Gluon \|website=Wikipedia \|access~~-~~date=19 May 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|collaboration=Particle Data Group \|title=Review~~ of ~~Particle Physics \|journal=Physical Review D \|volume=110 \|issue=~~3 ~~\|pages=030001 \|year=2024 \|id=DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.110~~.~~030001}}</ref>~~		'''gluon field''' is a Book II topic in the Quantum Collection. The quantum gluon field is the gauge field of quantum chromodynamics. Its excitations are gluons, which mediate the strong interaction between quarks and other color-charged particles. Because gluons themselves carry color charge, the gluon field has strong self-interactions that lead to confinement, jets, and the complex internal structure of hadrons. The quantum gluon field is the gauge field of quantum chromodynamics. Its excitations are gluons, which mediate the strong interaction between quarks and other color-charged particles. Because gluons themselves carry color charge, the gluon field has strong self-interactions that lead to confinement, jets, and the complex internal structure of hadrons. The gluon field is associated with the non-Abelian SU(3) color symmetry of quantum chromodynamics.
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	== Hadron physics ==		== Hadron physics ==
	Inside protons, neutrons, mesons, and other hadrons, gluon fields contribute substantially to mass, momentum, spin structure, and binding. Collider experiments observe gluon dynamics indirectly through jets and hadron production.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Gluon \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluon \|website=Wikipedia \|access-date=19 May 2026}}</ref>		Inside protons, neutrons, mesons, and other hadrons, gluon fields contribute substantially to mass, momentum, spin structure, and binding. Collider experiments observe gluon dynamics indirectly through jets and hadron production.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Gluon \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluon \|website=Wikipedia \|access-date=19 May 2026}}</ref>

			== Description ==
			'''gluon field''' is a matter-scale concept used to organize how quantum theory describes atoms, particles, fields, condensed matter, plasma, or spacetime-related systems. In the Quantum Collection it is placed by scale so the reader can move from materials and molecules down to subatomic degrees of freedom.

			== Quantum context ==
			At this scale, the relevant behavior is controlled by quantized states, interactions, conservation laws, and the way excitations or particles are observed. The concept is normally linked to measurable properties such as energy, momentum, charge, spin, spectra, scattering rates, or collective modes.

			== Role in the collection ==
			This page provides a compact reference point for related pages in Book II. It should be read together with nearby matter-scale topics and the corresponding foundations in [[Physics:Quantum mechanics\|quantum mechanics]].<ref name="matter-wiki">{{cite web \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics \|title=Quantum mechanics \|website=Wikipedia \|access-date=2026-05-20}}</ref>

	=See also=		=See also=

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	The '''quantum gluon field''' is the gauge field of quantum chromodynamics. Its excitations are gluons, which mediate the strong interaction between quarks and other color-charged particles. Because gluons themselves carry color charge, the gluon field has strong self-interactions that lead to confinement, jets, and the complex internal structure of hadrons.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Gluon \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluon \|website=Wikipedia \|access-date=19 May 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|collaboration=Particle Data Group \|title=Review of Particle Physics \|journal=Physical Review D \|volume=110 \|issue=3 \|pages=030001 \|year=2024 \|~~doi~~=10.1103/PhysRevD.110.030001}}</ref>		The '''quantum gluon field''' is the gauge field of quantum chromodynamics. Its excitations are gluons, which mediate the strong interaction between quarks and other color-charged particles. Because gluons themselves carry color charge, the gluon field has strong self-interactions that lead to confinement, jets, and the complex internal structure of hadrons.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Gluon \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluon \|website=Wikipedia \|access-date=19 May 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|collaboration=Particle Data Group \|title=Review of Particle Physics \|journal=Physical Review D \|volume=110 \|issue=3 \|pages=030001 \|year=2024 \|id=DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.110.030001}}</ref>
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	== Color gauge field ==		== Color gauge field ==
	The gluon field is associated with the non-Abelian SU(3) color symmetry of quantum chromodynamics. It couples to color charge and has several field components corresponding to the generators of the color symmetry.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Peskin \|first1=Michael E. \|last2=Schroeder \|first2=Daniel V. \|title=An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory \|publisher=Addison-Wesley \|year=1995 \|~~isbn~~=978-0-201-50397-5}}</ref>		The gluon field is associated with the non-Abelian SU(3) color symmetry of quantum chromodynamics. It couples to color charge and has several field components corresponding to the generators of the color symmetry.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Peskin \|first1=Michael E. \|last2=Schroeder \|first2=Daniel V. \|title=An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory \|publisher=Addison-Wesley \|year=1995 \|id=ISBN 978-0-201-50397-5}}</ref>

	== Self-interaction and confinement ==		== Self-interaction and confinement ==
	Unlike photons, gluons interact with one another. This self-coupling is responsible for many distinctive strong-interaction effects, including asymptotic freedom at short distances and confinement at long distances.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Schwartz \|first=Matthew D. \|title=Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|year=2014 \|~~isbn~~=978-1-107-03473-0}}</ref>		Unlike photons, gluons interact with one another. This self-coupling is responsible for many distinctive strong-interaction effects, including asymptotic freedom at short distances and confinement at long distances.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Schwartz \|first=Matthew D. \|title=Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|year=2014 \|id=ISBN 978-1-107-03473-0}}</ref>

	== Hadron physics ==		== Hadron physics ==

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The '''quantum gluon field''' is the gauge field of quantum chromodynamics. Its excitations are gluons, which mediate the strong interaction between quarks and other color-charged particles. Because gluons themselves carry color charge, the gluon field has strong self-interactions that lead to confinement, jets, and the complex internal structure of hadrons.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gluon |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluon |website=Wikipedia |access-date=19 May 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |collaboration=Particle Data Group |title=Review of Particle Physics |journal=Physical Review D |volume=110 |issue=3 |pages=030001 |year=2024 |doi=10.1103/PhysRevD.110.030001}}</ref>
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[[File:Quantum_gluon_field_yellow.png|thumb|280px|Gluon field: color flux, confinement, and self-interacting gauge structure.]]
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== Color gauge field ==
The gluon field is associated with the non-Abelian SU(3) color symmetry of quantum chromodynamics. It couples to color charge and has several field components corresponding to the generators of the color symmetry.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Peskin |first1=Michael E. |last2=Schroeder |first2=Daniel V. |title=An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory |publisher=Addison-Wesley |year=1995 |isbn=978-0-201-50397-5}}</ref>

== Self-interaction and confinement ==
Unlike photons, gluons interact with one another. This self-coupling is responsible for many distinctive strong-interaction effects, including asymptotic freedom at short distances and confinement at long distances.<ref>{{cite book |last=Schwartz |first=Matthew D. |title=Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-107-03473-0}}</ref>

== Hadron physics ==
Inside protons, neutrons, mesons, and other hadrons, gluon fields contribute substantially to mass, momentum, spin structure, and binding. Collider experiments observe gluon dynamics indirectly through jets and hadron production.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gluon |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluon |website=Wikipedia |access-date=19 May 2026}}</ref>

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