quark-gluon plasma
English
Noun
quark-gluon plasma (uncountable)
- (physics) a predicted state of matter, containing deconfined quarks and gluons, present in the very early universe (first millionth of a second), and recreated at extremely high energy densities, such as those in the collision of heavy atomic nuclei as speeds very close to the speed of light.
Synonyms
- quark matter
- QCD matter
- quagma