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Explain it in 60 Seconds: Lattice QCD

07/25/24
Sarah Charley

Lattice gauge theory, or lattice QCD, is a calculation method that helps scientists make predictions about the behavior of quarks at low energies.

Photo of a row of slim silver objects sit in the center of a tube
04/11/18

Right on target

These hardy physics components live at the center of particle production.

Illustration of particles sneaking into Higgs field, scientists watch with binoculars from bushes (green, pink, teal, cyan)
04/10/18

How to make a Higgs boson

It doesn’t seem like collisions of particles with no mass should be able to produce the “mass-giving” boson, the Higgs. But every other second at the LHC, they do.

Illustration of four Rock 'Em Sock 'Em robots representing the four particles in the Sub Smackdown (blue, red, purple, green)
03/30/18

Photon declared champion

After a week of appreciation for each of the four particle contenders, the photon emerged as the winner in the Subatomic Smackdown.

Photo of two pink trails, representing particles, show the motion of particles passing through the accelerator complex.
03/23/18

Complex complexes

These two-minute animations break down the accelerator systems at Fermilab and CERN.

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