Scientists Discover Energy and Pressure Analogies Linking Hadrons, Superconductors, and Cosmic Expansion (IMAGE)

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Scientists Discover Energy and Pressure Analogies Linking Hadrons, Superconductors, and Cosmic Expansion

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A depiction of how equilibrium is maintained in hadrons. Pressure from quarks and gluons (outward-pointing purple arrows) balances against pressure from trace anomaly and sigma terms (inward-pointing blue arrows).

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Image courtesy of Bigeng Wang

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