quark gluon plasma

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Definition of quark gluon plasma in English English dictionary

new form of matter in which freely propagating quarks and gluons exist in the 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

Hyphenation

quark glu·on plas·ma