(a) QCD factorization of the DVCS amplitude. The perturbatively calculable “hard part” is shown to lowest order in the strong coupling. The nonperturbative “soft part” is described by the universal ...

Recreating the conditions present just after the Big Bang has given experimentalists a glimpse into how the universe formed. Now, scientists have begun to see striking similarities between the ...

The strong nuclear force is the force that causes quarks to bind together to form composite particles, such as the proton. It is explained within the standard model of particle physics by a theory ...

The Nature Index 2024 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

Simulation of two neutron stars colliding (Credit: C Breu, L Rezzolla) Gravitational waves could be the key to detecting a new phase transition to quark matter when two neutron stars merge. In ...

We know that all matter is composed of atoms, and atoms are made of protons and neutrons inside the nucleus and electrons outside. But unlike electrons, protons and neutrons are composite particles ...

IF THE universe has weird extra-spatial dimensions in parallel to the 3D world we see around us, then billion-dollar particle accelerators may not be the only place to find them. So say Gergely Gabor ...