Inside the proton, the ‘most complicated thing you could possibly imagine’ (2022)
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Re: Inside the proton, the ‘most complicated thing you could possibly imagine’ (2022)
#2The implication of this framing is that neutrons are considerably simpler.
I find that rather surprising.
Re: Inside the proton, the ‘most complicated thing you could possibly imagine’ (2022)
#3> The results suggested that in even higher-energy collisions, the proton would appear as a cloud made up almost entirely of gluons. The gluon dandelion is exactly what QCD predicts.
I find the proton as a gluon dandelion cloud enthralling
Re: Inside the proton, the ‘most complicated thing you could possibly imagine’ (2022)
#4The implication of this framing is that neutrons are considerably simpler. I find that rather surprising.
I don't expect that to be the case, it's likely that the article simply focuses on the proton.
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Re: Inside the proton, the ‘most complicated thing you could possibly imagine’ (2022)
#6The implication of this framing is that neutrons are considerably simpler. I find that rather surprising.
Neutrons are just as complex, they’re much harder to study though.
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I get what you’re saying, but the measurements are real. In some sense they are the truth.
In the article this refers to the finding that the quark is more complex than three valence quarks.
The measurements indicating that the three-quark-model is incomplete are overwhelmingly conclusive, so some degree of certainty in the language is warranted in my view.
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Not sure what this has to do with the article, it just seems like a nitpick. What did science do to you?
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It's a pop sci magazine, of course they use language like that. Actual academic papers are different.