New Results From the RHIC Spin Program (IMAGE)
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Studies have revealed a puzzle about how the inner building blocks of a proton, known as quarks (colored spheres) and gluons (yellow “springs”), contribute to proton spin. Experiments at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory are helping to solve this mystery.
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Credit: Courtesy Brookhaven National Laboratory
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