• the_desperate_scientist on Instagram: “Scientist from CERN found a new quasiparticle! It is called the odderon and they were searc… | Scientist, Desperate, ScienceThe odderon is a combination of subatomic particles rather than a new fundamental particle – but it does act like the latter in some respects and the way it fits into the basic building blocks. It helps fill in some of the gaps in the modern idea of quantum chromodynamics or QCD, the hypothesis of how quarks and gluons interact at the minor level. This state of matter at the most miniature scale is the basis for holding things together.  The Odderon particle briefly forms when protons collide in high-energy collisions; if it doesn’t shatter, it bounces off one another to scatter. Protons are made up of quarks and gluons that briefly form Odderon and Pomeron particles.
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  • Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is the theory of the strong interaction between quarks and gluons, the fundamental particles that make up composite hadrons such as the protonneutron, and pion. QCD is a quantum field theory called a non-abelian gauge theory, with symmetry group SU(3). The QCD analog of electric charge is a property called color. Gluons are the theory’s force carrier, just as photons are for the electromagnetic force in quantum electrodynamics. The theory is an integral part of the Standard Model of particle physics. A large body of experimental evidence for QCD has been gathered over the years.