Category Quantum computing and interdisciplinary applications
Event Duration 2016-07-12 - 2016-07-12
Conference Name The Observation of Quarks in the Proton
Content Great progress was made in the 20th century in the understanding of the structure of the atom. We now know that the basic building blocks of all atomic matter are electrons and quarks. But the quark model, which embodied a radically new conceptual view of the structure of matter, was fiercely debated and generally rejected by the physics community. Its ultimate acceptance took well over a decade and occurred only after inescapable and compelling experimental evidence was obtained.

Quarks were finally discovered in a series of high-energy electron scattering experiments. In these experiments, the electron beam and the detecting equipment were the equivalent of a very powerful electron microscope that probed the interiors of the proton and neutron. Point-like constituents were observed inside, which were identified as quarks. This discovery changed our view of the basic structure of matter and led to a new theory of the strong interaction, quantum chromodynamics.
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