Quantum chromodynamics facts for kids
Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is the theory of the strong interaction between quarks and gluons. These are the fundamental particles that make up hadrons such as the proton, neutron and pion.
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⟨E2⟩ plot for static quark–antiquark system held at a fixed separation, where blue is zero and red is the highest value (result of a lattice QCD simulation by M. Cardoso et al.)
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In Spanish: Cromodinámica cuántica para niños
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