Sunday, April 24, 2016

experimental physics - How the nucleon structure has been identified experimentally?


It is known that nucleons (proton, neutron) are composed of partons (quarks, etc.). How was this identified experimentally? In particular, how it has been identified that nucleons comprise of more than one constituent?



Answer




Matt Strassler goes into detail with LHC data here:


http://profmattstrassler.com/articles-and-posts/largehadroncolliderfaq/whats-a-proton-anyway/checking-whats-inside-a-proton/


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