: a hypothetical neutral massless particle held to bind together quarks to form hadrons
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The collider’s primary scientific goal was to recreate quark–gluon plasma, a state of matter that existed microseconds after the Big Bang.
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
Physicists will get an unrivaled look into the workings of quarks and gluons and yet another chance to grapple with nature’s strongest force.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2026
In the attempt to identify wakes in the quark-gluon plasma, scientists have been hunting for pairings of quarks and their antimatter counterparts known as anti-quarks.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026
This force binds quarks and gluons together to make protons and neutrons.
—Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
Physicists will get an unrivaled look into the workings of quarks and gluons and yet another chance to grapple with nature’s strongest force.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2026
In the attempt to identify wakes in the quark-gluon plasma, scientists have been hunting for pairings of quarks and their antimatter counterparts known as anti-quarks.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026
This force binds quarks and gluons together to make protons and neutrons.
—Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Gluon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gluon. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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