Proton Lead Collision (IMAGE)

Vanderbilt University

Proton Lead Collision

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This is a aiagram of a proton-lead collision in the Large Hadron Collider that produced a drop of quark-gluon plasma about one-tenth the size of those produced in previous experiments.

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Large Hadron Collider/CMS

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