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Gluon

A gluon (/ˈɡluːɒn/ GLOO-on) is a type of massless elementary particle that mediates the strong interaction between quarks, acting as the exchange particle for the interaction. Gluons are massless vector bosons, thereby having a spin of 1. Through the strong interaction, gluons bind quarks into groups according to quantum chromodynamics (QCD), forming…

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Color charge
octet (8 linearly independent types)
Composition
Elementary particle
Discovered
e+e− → Υ(9.46) → 3g: 1978 at DORIS (DESY) by PLUTO experiments (see diagram 2 and recollection) and e+e− → qqg: 1979 at PETRA (DESY) by TASSO, MARK-J, JADE and PLUTO experiments…
Electric charge
0 e‍
Family
Gauge boson
Interactions
Strong interaction

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Gluon

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Avg. degree1.98
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Gluon

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related to Experimental observations · 14
Gluon → As, CERN, DESY, DORIS, In, JADE, Later, LEP, MARK-J, PETRA, PLUTO, Quarks, TASSO, The
related to Further reading · 10
Gluon → Ali, Bibcode, Cambridge Handout, European Physical Journal, JETS, Kramer, Particle Physics, QCD, Quantum Chromodynamics, S2CID
related to Group theory details · 10
Gluon → For, Formally, If, In, Nf, QCD, Quarks, SU, The, There
related to Confinement · 8
Gluon → At, Beyond, Due, One, Since, The, These, This
related to Counting gluons · 8
Gluon → Additionally, Gluons, QCD, QED, Quarks, The, There, This
related to Eight color states · 6
Gluon → Gell-Mann, It, Since, The, There, These
related to Properties · 5
Gluon → Experiments, In, MeV/c2, The, While
related to Color singlet states · 2
Gluon → More, The
related to External resources · 2
Gluon → Big Think, QCD OctetWhy
see also · 2
Gluon → ModelThree-jet, QuarkHadronMesonGauge

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gluons color quarks hadrons qcd charge strong interaction quark spin quantum singlet states also experiments group gauge state collider particles

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GluonColor chargeoctet (8 linearly independent types)1.00infobox
GluonCompositionElementary particle1.00infobox
GluonDiscoverede+e− → Υ(9.46) → 3g: 1978 at DORIS (DESY) by PLUTO experiments (see diagram 2 and recollection) and e+e− → qqg: 1979 at PETRA (DESY) by TASSO, MARK-J, JADE and PLUTO experiments…1.00infobox
GluonElectric charge0 e‍1.00infobox
GluonFamilyGauge boson1.00infobox
GluonInteractionsStrong interaction1.00infobox
GluonMass0 (theoretical value) < 1.3 MeV/c2 (experimental limit)1.00infobox
GluonParity−11.00infobox
GluonSpin1 ħ1.00infobox
GluonStatisticsBose–Einstein statistics1.00infobox
GluonSymbolg1.00infobox
GluonTheorizedMurray Gell-Mann (1962)1.00infobox
GluonTypes81.00infobox
Gluonis avector boson0.90text

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