a quantum of energy or massless particle postulated to carry the force that binds quarks together within subatomic particles
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glu(e) + -ongluon
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gluon
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A massless, neutral vector boson that mediates strong interactions between quarks, binding them together within hadrons.
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The subatomic particle that mediates the strong force. The exchange of gluons between two quarks changes the color of the quarks and results in the attractive force holding them together in hadrons. Gluons are bosons.
See Table at subatomic particle
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