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Lattice window on strong force

Nature volume 427, pages 591–592 (2004)Cite this article

A long-awaited breakthrough has been made in lattice quantum chromodynamics — a means of calculating the effect of the strong force between sub-atomic particles that could, ultimately, unveil new physics.

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Shipsey, I. Lattice window on strong force. Nature 427, 591–592 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/427591a

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