gluon

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A gluon is the elementary gauge boson in quantum chromodynamics that mediates the strong nuclear force between quarks and carries color charge.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf elementary particle
force carrier
gauge boson
vector boson
appearsAsFreeParticle false
belongsToGroup SU(3) color
contributesTo hadron binding energy
couplesTo gluon
quark
fieldTheory quantum chromodynamics
hasAntiparticle self (gluon is its own antiparticle)
hasBaryonNumber 0
hasCharge color charge
hasColorStates eight gluon color combinations
hasElectricCharge 0
hasGaugeGroup SU(3)
hasIsospin 0
hasLeptonNumber 0
hasNumberOfTypes 8
hasRestMass 0
hasSpin 1
hasSpinParity 1-
hasSpinType integer spin
hasSymbol g
hasVertex four-gluon vertex
three-gluon vertex
isBoson true
isCarrierOf color force between gluons
color force between quarks
isConfined true
isContainedIn hadrons
neutrons
protons
isGaugeBosonOf strong interaction
isMassless true
isPartOf Standard Model
isQuantumOf gluon field
mediatesInteraction strong interaction
strong nuclear force
obeys Yang–Mills theory
surface form: Yang–Mills equations
participatesIn asymptotic freedom
color confinement
selfInteracts true
statistics Bose–Einstein statistics
wasConfirmedBy three-jet events in electron–positron collisions
wasDiscoveredAt PETRA (collider)
surface form: PETRA collider
wasDiscoveredInYear 1979
wasTheorizedBy Harald Fritzsch
Heinrich Leutwyler
Murray Gell-Mann

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