gluon
Strong force carrier
A gluon is the elementary particle that mediates the strong force—the force that binds quarks together inside protons and neutrons.
Unlike photons, which carry electromagnetic force but have no charge themselves, gluons carry "color charge" and interact with each other, making the strong force behave very differently from electromagnetism.
The name comes from their function as the "glue" holding atomic nuclei together.
Positive nuclear particle
- neutronUncharged nuclear particle
- nucleonProton or neutron
- mesonQuark-antiquark bound state
- baryonThree-quark composite particle
pion · jet · fragmentation
Fundamental matter particle
- bosonInteger-spin subatomic particle
- antiparticleOpposite-charge subatomic twin
- virtual particleTransient quantum field excitation
- mediatorNeutral conflict resolver
photon · graviton · fermion · lepton · neutrino · antiquark · octet · massless
Quarks cannot exist alone
- Yang-Mills theoryNon-abelian gauge field framework
- color fieldArt of saturated expanses
- running couplingRotating mechanical joint
Subatomic binding interaction
- deconfinementEasing of containment measures
- nuclear physicsStudy of atomic nuclei
Massive subatomic collision facility
- CMSWeb publishing platform
- ALICEEarly AI chat program
- cross-sectionView through interior
proton
Positive nuclear particle
baryon · pion · jet · fragmentation
quark
Fundamental matter particle
- bosonInteger-spin subatomic particle
- antiparticleOpposite-charge subatomic twin
- virtual particleTransient quantum field excitation
mediator · photon · graviton · fermion · lepton · neutrino · antiquark · octet · massless · elementary
color confinement
Quarks cannot exist alone
- Yang-Mills theoryNon-abelian gauge field framework
- color fieldArt of saturated expanses
- running couplingRotating mechanical joint
strong force
Subatomic binding interaction
- deconfinementEasing of containment measures
- nuclear physicsStudy of atomic nuclei
LHC
Massive subatomic collision facility
- CMSWeb publishing platform
- ALICEEarly AI chat program
- cross-sectionView through interior
- particleselectrons, electron, protons, proton, neutrons
- Fundamental Physicsgravity, electromagnetism, strong force, weak force, electromagnetic force
- particle physicsquark, quarks, lepton, leptons, boson
- Bosonsphoton, Higgs boson, W boson, meson, pion
- gauge bosonsphoton, W boson
- Vector BosonsW boson, photon
- glue stickSolid tube adhesive
- glue gunHeated adhesive applicator tool
- hot glueHeat-applied bonding agent
- school glueChild-safe craft adhesive
- white glueWater-based craft adhesive
- hot glue gunTool dispensing melted adhesive