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Chinese-led team confirms existence of rare glueball particles

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A Chinese-led team of approximately 700 scientists from 15 countries has announced the discovery of definitive evidence for glueballs. These rare particles, theorized for 50 years, are composed entirely of gluons, the force carriers that bind quarks together. The breakthrough was achieved using the Beijing Electron Positron Collider II and presented at the International Conference on High Energy Physics in Natal, Brazil. AI

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Chinese-led team confirms existence of rare glueball particles

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Fan Chen ·

    What is a glueball? Chinese-led team finds rare particle made entirely of force

    In a historic breakthrough, a Chinese-led international team of scientists has confirmed the existence of the glueball – a rare form of matter made entirely of force. The finding was announced by a Chinese research team on Thursday at the International Conference on High Energy P…

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