Collision of a photon with a pomeron inside a proton. (IMAGE)

The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences

Collision of a photon with a pomeron inside a proton.

Caption

A photon inside a proton can collide with a temporary complex of gluons, whose color charges (here shown in red, green and blue) can be collectively neutralized.

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Source: IFJ PAN

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