Scientists Report Direct Observation of the Dead-Cone Effect in Quantum Chromodynamics (IMAGE)
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Illustration of the evolving shower of a charm quark (gray) radiating gluons (purple) at successively smaller angles as energy is lost, with gluon radiation suppressed within each angular “dead-cone” (red). The cones successively increase in size.
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Image courtesy of Brett Hopwood, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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