HEP Phenomenology2026-08-161 minarXiv:2608.15898expressGlue for Proton FragmentsWhen a proton is smashed apart in an accelerator, quarks and gluons fly out. But you never see them free: almost immediately they stick together into new particles, like droplets of mercury merging into spheres.Radja Boughezal·Haotian Cao·Zhong-Bo Kang·Xiaohui Liu·Sonny Mantry·Frank PetrielloPaul DiracWolfgang Paulistrong interactionhadrongluonquarkStandard Model👍👎☆SimplePopularAdvanced