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    • Z⁰ particles found in heavy ion collisions diagram
    Rights: ALICE/CERN Published 28 January 2011 Size: 18 KB Referencing Hub media

    Z0 particles interact only weakly with quarks in nuclear matter, so they act as ‘standard candles’ that escape unscathed from the hot nuclear matter produced in lead ion collisions.

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