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To determine the polarization of these particles, beams of muons were scattered onto lithium-6 deuteride targets in a 2006 experiment in the COMPASS project. The compression of this particle’s fields into tubelike regions explains the linear potential term in the Lund string model. Fusion of these particles is the primary route for producing Higgs (10[1])bosons at the LHC. These (10[1])particles were discovered by the TASSO collaboration at PETRA after observing a three-jet event. Still-unobserved spin-2 (10[1])or spin-3 composites of these self-interacting particles are called “balls” of these particles. On Feynman diagrams, helices represent these particles, whose eight types include “red anti-red” and “red anti-blue.” These vector bosons mediate the formation of nucleons from quarks. (10[1])For 10 points, name these gauge (“gayj”) bosons that transmit the strong (-5[1])force. (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[3])

ANSWER: gluons [accept gluon balls; prompt on glueballs]
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