Protons and neutrons–known collectively as nucleons–are both the building blocks of matter, but one of these particles has ...

Scientists can determine the mass of subatomic particles that are built from quarks by looking at the particles' energy and ...

Quarks are fundamental particles that make up (among other things) the protons and neutrons at the core of atoms. Gluons are ...

The mass of a hadron can be determined by calculating the trace of the energy-momentum tensor within the hadron, which ...

A recent study has proposed a new mechanism for the formation of primordial black holes that could provide answers about dark matter.

CERN researchers found that atomic nuclei shapes impact high-energy collision outcomes, offering new insights into nuclear ...

Scientists also want to understand how the mass from quarks and gluons is distributed in hadrons. These are subatomic particles such as protons and neutrons that are made up of quarks and held ...

which will help physicists better understand the structure and spin of both neutrons and protons. A new way to detect ...

Scientists at CERN ran the large hadron collider to detect the heaviest known fundamental particles in the universe, and it ...

Atomic nuclei, composed of protons and neutrons, hide quarks and gluons at their core. These latter particles, still challenging to study, have long eluded scientists. In the mid-20th century, ...