electron-ion collision (IMAGE)

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electron-ion collision

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In an Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) collision, interactions between a virtual photon emitted by the colliding electron can reveal the arrangement of quarks and gluons within a hadron -- in this case a proton that is part of a larger nucleus.

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Tiffany Bowman/Brookhaven National Laboratory

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