Researchers from NC State University have determined the probability of finding a gluon inside the pion. The Abstract sat down with graduate student and lead author Patrick Barry and his research ...

Pion exchange: the team used data from the HERA accelerator, which ran at DESY in Hamburg. (Courtesy: DESY) Gluons contribute around 30% to the total momentum of energetic pions, which is about three ...

When it comes to describing the fundamental structure and composition of matter, the research field of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) comes into play. With the help of QCD, the strong interaction—one of ...

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STAR scientists searched for signs of saturation in collisions of a proton (black) with a nucleus (multicolored). By tracking events where a pair of neutral pion particles (π0) strikes a forward ...