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2004 JLab News Release
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Simple Experimental Simulation < back to article
This movie illustrates the action inside the nucleus of a deuterium atom containing a proton and a neutron, each with three quarks. An electron strikes a quark inside a proton, passing energy to the quark before the electron bounces back. The quark now has so much energy "stuffed" into it, it creates a cascade of new particles as it flies out of the proton. The result is two new, two-quark particles. content by Public Affairs maintained by webmaster@jlab.org updated May 25, 2004 |