Quantum chromodynamics

Discoveries Physicists finally discover the elusive glueball, a particle made entirely of nuclear force

A strange decay pattern once weakened the glueball case for f0(1710. New models and experiments turned that problem into supporting evidence.

Discoveries Quantum computer simulates how stored energy can become new particles Shy Cohen

Discoveries 50-year hunt for glueballs closes in on mysterious X(2370) particle Joshua Shavit

Discoveries Tiny structures inside lead nuclei expose a new pattern in gluon behavior Joshua Shavit

Space For the first time ever, scientists create particles out of empty space Shy Cohen

Discoveries Scientists at CERN discover new heavy-proton subatomic particle Joshua Shavit