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  2. Quantum chromodynamics - Wikipedia

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    In theoretical physics, quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is the study of the strong interaction between quarks mediated by gluons. Quarks are fundamental particles that make up composite hadrons such as the proton, neutron and pion. QCD is a type of quantum field theory called a non-abelian gauge theory, with symmetry group SU(3).

  3. Color charge - Wikipedia

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    Color charge is a property of quarks and gluons that is related to the particles' strong interactions in the theory of quantum chromodynamics (QCD). Like electric charge, it determines how quarks and gluons interact through the strong force; however, rather than there being only positive and negative charges, there are three "charges", commonly called red, green, and blue.

  4. QCD matter - Wikipedia

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    Lattice QCD – Quantum chromodynamics on a lattice; Quantum chromodynamics – Theory of the strong nuclear interactions; Quark–gluon plasma – Phase of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) Quark star – Compact exotic star which forms matter consisting mostly of quarks; SU(2) color superconductivity – Property of quark matter

  5. Color confinement - Wikipedia

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    In quantum chromodynamics (QCD), color confinement, often simply called confinement, is the phenomenon that color-charged particles (such as quarks and gluons) cannot be isolated, and therefore cannot be directly observed in normal conditions below the Hagedorn temperature of approximately 2 tera kelvin (corresponding to energies of ...

  6. QCD vacuum - Wikipedia

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    The QCD vacuum is the quantum vacuum state of quantum chromodynamics (QCD). It is an example of a non-perturbative vacuum state, characterized by non-vanishing condensates such as the gluon condensate and the quark condensate in the complete theory which includes quarks. The presence of these condensates characterizes the confined phase of ...

  7. Quark - Wikipedia

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    According to quantum chromodynamics (QCD), quarks possess a property called color charge. There are three types of color charge, arbitrarily labeled blue, green, and red. [nb 6] Each of them is complemented by an anticolor – antiblue, antigreen, and antired. Every quark carries a color, while every antiquark carries an anticolor. [76]

  8. Strong interaction - Wikipedia

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    The strong force is described by quantum chromodynamics (QCD), a part of the Standard Model of particle physics. Mathematically, QCD is a non-abelian gauge theory based on a local (gauge) symmetry group called SU(3). The force carrier particle of the strong interaction is the gluon, a massless gauge boson.

  9. Lattice QCD - Wikipedia

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    Lattice QCD is a well-established non-perturbative approach to solving the quantum chromodynamics (QCD) theory of quarks and gluons. It is a lattice gauge theory formulated on a grid or lattice of points in space and time.