Physics:Quantum gluon
A quantum gluon is the gauge boson that mediates the strong interaction between color-charged particles.
Abstract
A quantum gluon is the gauge boson of the strong interaction. Gluons carry color charge and mediate interactions between quarks, making them unlike photons, which do not carry electric charge. Their self-interactions are central to quantum chromodynamics, color confinement, hadron structure, jets, and quark-gluon plasma.
Overview
Gluons carry color charge and are central to quantum chromodynamics, quark confinement, and the structure of hadrons.
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Author: Harold Foppele
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