21—Quark-gluon Plasma
Accelerators have reproduced the conditions in the Big Bang when the universe was only one ten-millionth of a second!

Quantum chromodynamics (abbreviated as QCD) is the theory of the strong interaction (color force), a fundamental force describing the interactions of the quarks and gluons found in hadrons.

Snapshot of two colliding lead ions just after impact (simulation)Fusion of two high-energy nuclei to form a core of plasma of quarks and gluons - the kind of matter produced a few microseconds after the Big Bang to set the stage for the production of nuclear particles.
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