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Theory-based approach allows access to small lateral motions of quarks within protons
Diagram showing the transverse motion of quarks (green spheres) inside a proton whose spins are aligned in the direction of motion (large yellow arrow). Credit: Valerie Lentz/Brookhaven National Laboratory. Nuclear theorists at Brookhaven National Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory worked to calculate the Collins-Soper kernel, a quantity that describes how the distribution of transverse momentum of quarks inside a proton…
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Scientists transport protons in trucks, paving the way for antimatter transport
BASE-STEP portable trap system. It is hoisted by a crane through the AD hall and loaded onto a truck. The team monitored all parameters during transport. Credit: CERN Antimatter may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but at the CERN Antiproton Decelerator (AD), scientists create and trap antiprotons every day. BASE experiments can even house them for more than…
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