'Shining' Light on the Inner Details and Breakup of Deuterons (IMAGE)

DOE/US Department of Energy

'Shining' Light on the Inner Details and Breakup of Deuterons

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In ultra-peripheral collisions between gold (Au) ions and deuterons (d), photons (γ) surrounding the fast-moving ions interact with gluons (yellow coils) to reveal their distribution within the deuteron.

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Image courtesy of Brookhaven National Laboratory

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