DOE Office of Science on X: "The mass of a proton is partly due to quarks, but also partly due to gluons. Research by scientists @argonne, @TempleUniv, @JLab_News & colleagues shed new light on what these gluons do and the role of the strong force: https://t.co/7v2n0zUVoH https://t.co/iL9xP56zJ5" / X

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The mass of a proton is partly due to quarks, but also partly due to gluons. Research by scientists @argonne, @TempleUniv, @JLab_News & colleagues shed new light on what these gluons do and the role of the strong force: energy.gov/science/np/art…

A proton’s valence quarks (blue, red, and green), quark-antiquark pairs, and gluons (springs). Scalar gluon activity (pink) extends beyond the electric charge radius (orange) that surrounds the gluonic energy core (yellow).
Image courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory

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