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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 bosons at the LHC. These particles were discovered by the TASSO collaboration at PETRA after observing a three-jet event. Still-unobserved spin-2 or spin-3 composites of these self-interacting particles are called “balls” of these particles. (10[2])On Feynman diagrams, helices represent these particles, (10[1])whose eight types include (-5[1])“red anti-red” and “red anti-blue.” These vector bosons mediate the formation of nucleons from quarks. For 10 points, name these gauge (“gayj”) bosons that transmit the (10[1])strong force. ■END■ (0[3])

ANSWER: gluons [accept gluon balls; prompt on glueballs]
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Dimitris KalafatisTexas A&M BTexas A&M A8710
Ryan HumphreyTexas AUW A8710
Aswath KaraiMichigan State ASorbonne9410
Akshay SeetharamClaremont AIowa B98-5
Owen SilbergRice AUBC A12310
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