Proton Spin (IMAGE)

DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Proton Spin

Caption

A global analysis of experimental data and lattice Quantum Chromodynamics calculations provides insight into the role of the gluons (purple squiggles) contributing to the spin of the nucleon. Gluons are manifestations of the 

Credit

Jefferson Lab

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