Gluons are the mediators of the strong nuclear force, one of the four fundamental forces in the universe – as the name suggests, gluons make quarks stick together. There are six types of quarks.

Physicists love a particle accelerator, and we have since taken a good look at the six flavors of quarks (up, down, strange, ...

The underlying theoretical construct in particle physics is called the Standard Model and it contains 6 quarks, 6 leptons, 4 gauge bosons, and one scalar boson (the Higgs boson), which interact ...

Most top quarks are produced in top–antitop pairs by the strong force. The production rate for this process is substantial (it has a cross-section of about 7 picobarns) and the presence of two ...