2004

  The Nobel Prize in Physics 2004         Inside the proton The three quarks within the proton are held together by the powerful force mediated by the gluons, depicted here as coiled springs. As the distance between the quarks increases, so does the force between them.   Contents: |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |  | |  …

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  The Nobel Prize in Physics 2004             The strong force Many tried but failed, to find a theory in which the strength of the strong force decreases as the energy increases. This year’s Nobel Laureates produced a theory with the required minus sign.       Contents: |  |  |   |  |  |  | …

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  The Nobel Prize in Physics 2004     Further reading QCD Made Simple, Physics Today August 2000, p. 22 Joining up the dots with the strong force, by C. Davies, CERN Courier June 2004, p. 23 The W and Z at LEP, by C. Stutton and P. Zerwas, Cern Courier May 2004, p. 21…

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