These particles are represented by "kinks" on strings in the Lund model. If the Feynman diagram of a process can be partitioned into initial and final states following the removal of "internal lines" corresponding to these particles, the process is suppressed per the OZI rule. The meson f0(1710) (ef "sub zero seventeen ten") was suggested to be the first discovered composite particle consisting only of these particles. The fusion of two of these particles is the predominant means of Higgs boson production at the LHC. The PLUTO and PETRA detectors observed these particles via three-jet events. The matrices of the group SU(3) correspond to these particles, as the color singlet state is forbidden, leaving eight possible combinations. These particles mediate interactions between quarks. For 10 points, name these particles that carry the strong force. ■END■
ANSWER: gluons
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