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What Makes The Strong Force Strong?

PBS Space Time · Season 2022 · Episode 23
Original Title: Why Isn’t The Nucleus Ripped Apart?

Quantum mechanics gets weirder as you go to smaller sizes and higher energies. It’s strange enough for atoms, but positively bizarre when we get to the atomic nucleus. And today we’re going nuclear, as we dive into the weird world of quantum chromodynamics and the strong force.

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Season
2022
Episode
23
Air Date
24/Aug/2022
Air Time
12:00
Runtime
22 min

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Original Title: Why Isn’t The Nucleus Ripped Apart?

Quantum mechanics gets weirder as you go to smaller sizes and higher energies. It’s strange enough for atoms, but positively bizarre when we get to the atomic nucleus. And today we’re going nuclear, as we dive into the weird world of quantum chromodynamics and the strong force.

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