New research deepens mystery of particle generation in proton collisions
Tuesday, June 23, 2020 - 15:30
in Astronomy & Space
Researchers have shown that in polarized proton-proton collisions, the neutral pions in the very forward area of collisions -- where direct interactions involving quarks and gluons are not applicable -- still have a large degree of left-right asymmetry. This finding suggests that the previous consensus regarding the generation of particle in such collisions need to be reevaluated.