The first few microseconds
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The universe consisted of a seething maelstrom of elementary particles known as quarks and gluons in the first 10 microseconds of the big bang, and ever since the epoch, quarks and gluons were locked up inside the protons and neutrons that make up the nuclei of atoms. Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider offers researchers a golden opportunity to observe quarks and gluons unchained from protons and neutrons in a collective, quasi-free state reminiscent of these earliest microseconds of existence.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2006
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The Large Hadron Collider
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A description of the Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator which consists of a circular, 27 kilometer underground tunnel, is presented. The structure will be used to study quarks, proton collisions and gluons.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2000
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The coming revolutions in particle physics
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The article discusses the contribution of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in revolutionizing the field of particle physics with various new inventions.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2008
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