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Schmookler et al develop a universal function that suggests that proton-neutron pairs in the nucleus, shown here, may be responsible for the EMC effect. Image credit: DOE’s Jefferson Lab.

Quarks Move Slower in Atoms with More Pairs of Protons and Neutrons, Physicists Find

Feb 26, 2019 by News Staff

The atomic nucleus is made of protons and neutrons, which are themselves composed of quarks and gluons. The latter two are far smaller and operate at much...