The glue that binds us.

• Autores: Rolf Ent, Thomas Ullrich, Raju Venugopalan
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 312, Nº. 5, 2015, págs. 42-49
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses particles called gluons, which keep protons and neutrons intact, and their mysterious nature. Topics include the mystery of how particles inside protons and neutrons, called quarks and gluons, interact with one another to generate the range of properties and behaviors displayed by protons, neutrons, and hadrons, which are made up of quarks and antiquarks. Topics include the origin of a proton's mass, how gluons bind, and the quantum chromodynamics (QCD) theory.