First coherent picture of atomic #nucleus made of quarks and gluons
#Quarks and #gluons were used to describe properties of atomic nuclei, which until now had been explained by #protons and #neutrons.
“Until now, there have been two parallel descriptions of atomic nuclei, one based on protons and neutrons which we can see at low energies, and another, for high energies, based on quarks and gluons" This work ""managed to bring these two so far separated worlds together"
https://press.ifj.edu.pl/en/news/2024/10/15/