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Definition of gluon in English English dictionary: A massless gauge boson that binds quarks together to form baryons, mesons and other hadrons and is associated with the strong nuclear force; The carrier particle of the strong interaction More Information: Strong Interactions, Forces and Interactions; The carrier particle of the strong interaction; {i} elementary particle that binds quarks; A gauge particle mediating the color strong interaction; A particle that holds together quarks via the strong force; The carrier particle of the strong interactions; The carrier particle of the strong interaction There are 8 different gluons with colour charge 2, i e the gluons are by themselves strongly interacting particles Gluons bind quarks inside proton and other hadrons; a gauge boson that mediates strong interaction among quarks
quark-gluon plasma: a predicted state of matter, containing deconfined quarks and gluons, present in the very early universe (first millionth of a second), and recreated at extremely high energy densities, such as those in the collision of heavy atomic nuclei as speeds very close to the speed of light
gluons: plural of gluon
quark gluon plasma: new form of matter in which freely propagating quarks and gluons exist in the plasma

gluon

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glu·on

[ 'glü-"än ] (noun.) 1971. From glue + -on.

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