New CERN measurement challenges conventional models of how gluons behave inside atomic nuclei

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A physicist from the University of Kansas contributed significantly to a CERN study distinguishing between two rival theories regarding gluon behavior inside atomic nuclei. This new measurement challenges existing conventional nuclear physics models.

A University of Kansas physicist played a leading role in a CERN study showing that two rival explanations for how gluons behave inside atomic nuclei can now be experimentally distinguished.