Physics A-Level
Gluons
What Gluons means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Gluons
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Exchange particles that carry the strong interaction and act between quarks, holding the quarks together inside protons and neutrons.
Topics that use Gluons
- Classification of particles (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Baryon number
- Baryons
- Baryons and antibaryons
- Conservation laws
- Conservation of baryon number
- Conservation of strangeness
- Energy release in particle decays
- Hadrons
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