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Quark-Gluon
Quark-Gluon.mp3
Quark-Gluon.mp4
Quark-Gluon-intro.mp3
[Intro]
Bang! (and I mean big, dig?)
Quark-Gluon!
(I could go on and on and on)
[Verse 1]
At the lark
Of a quark
Glue on
Gluon
[Bridge]
Quark-Gluon plasma
(No not phantasma)
[Instrumental, Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Energy density
(Extreme!)
No what I mean
(Intensity)
[Break]
Bang!
(Dang. That was the big bang
[Bridge]
Quark-Gluon!
(Go on, gluon, glue on and on and on)
.. glue on
[Verse 2]
More than a spark in the dark
Way more in the form of a quark
Three trillion degrees
Nothing could seize
[Bridge]
Quark-Gluon plasma
(No not phantasma)
[Chorus]
Energy density
(Extreme!)
No what I mean
(Intensity)
[Break]
Bang!
(Dang. That was the big bang)
[Outro]
Quark-Gluon!
(Go on, gluon, glue on and on and on)
.. glue on
A SCIENCE NOTE
Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP) is an exotic state of matter believed to have existed just microseconds after the Big Bang, and it’s unlike anything we see in everyday life.
What is Quark-Gluon Plasma?
It’s a hot, dense soup of:
Quarks – the fundamental building blocks of protons and neutrons.
Gluons – the force carriers that “glue” quarks together using the strong nuclear force.
In normal matter (like atoms), quarks are confined inside protons and neutrons. But in quark-gluon plasma, that confinement breaks down and quarks and gluons roam freely.
Conditions Needed
Extreme temperature: Over 2 trillion °C (100,000 times hotter than the sun’s core).
Extreme energy density: Created in high-energy particle collisions.
Where is it made?
Scientists create QGP in particle accelerators, like:
CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC)
Brookhaven National Lab’s RHIC (Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider)
They smash heavy ions (like lead or gold nuclei) at near-light speed to momentarily recreate the conditions of the early universe.
Why It Matters
Reveals the behavior of matter at its most fundamental level.
Helps us understand:
The origin of matter.
How the early universe cooled and formed protons, neutrons, atoms, etc.
Confirms key parts of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), the theory of the strong force.
State of Matter?
QGP is considered a distinct state of matter, beyond:
Solid
Liquid
Gas
Plasma
It’s often described as the “perfect fluid” because it flows with almost zero viscosity—less than any other known substance.
From the album “States of Matter“
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Quark-Gluon.mp3
Quark-Gluon.mp4
Quark-Gluon-intro.mp3
[Intro]
Bang! (and I mean big, dig?)
Quark-Gluon!
(I could go on and on and on)
[Verse 1]
At the lark
Of a quark
Glue on
Gluon
[Bridge]
Quark-Gluon plasma
(No not phantasma)
[Instrumental, Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Energy density
(Extreme!)
No what I mean
(Intensity)
[Break]
Bang!
(Dang. That was the big bang
[Bridge]
Quark-Gluon!
(Go on, gluon, glue on and on and on)
.. glue on
[Verse 2]
More than a spark in the dark
Way more in the form of a quark
Three trillion degrees
Nothing could seize
[Bridge]
Quark-Gluon plasma
(No not phantasma)
[Chorus]
Energy density
(Extreme!)
No what I mean
(Intensity)
[Break]
Bang!
(Dang. That was the big bang)
[Outro]
Quark-Gluon!
(Go on, gluon, glue on and on and on)
.. glue on
A SCIENCE NOTE
Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP) is an exotic state of matter believed to have existed just microseconds after the Big Bang, and it’s unlike anything we see in everyday life.
What is Quark-Gluon Plasma?
It’s a hot, dense soup of:
Quarks – the fundamental building blocks of protons and neutrons.
Gluons – the force carriers that “glue” quarks together using the strong nuclear force.
In normal matter (like atoms), quarks are confined inside protons and neutrons. But in quark-gluon plasma, that confinement breaks down and quarks and gluons roam freely.
Conditions Needed
Extreme temperature: Over 2 trillion °C (100,000 times hotter than the sun’s core).
Extreme energy density: Created in high-energy particle collisions.
Where is it made?
Scientists create QGP in particle accelerators, like:
CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC)
Brookhaven National Lab’s RHIC (Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider)
They smash heavy ions (like lead or gold nuclei) at near-light speed to momentarily recreate the conditions of the early universe.
Why It Matters
Reveals the behavior of matter at its most fundamental level.
Helps us understand:
The origin of matter.
How the early universe cooled and formed protons, neutrons, atoms, etc.
Confirms key parts of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), the theory of the strong force.
State of Matter?
QGP is considered a distinct state of matter, beyond:
Solid
Liquid
Gas
Plasma
It’s often described as the “perfect fluid” because it flows with almost zero viscosity—less than any other known substance.
From the album “States of Matter“