CERN's ALICE experiment finds evidence for gluon saturation inside atomic nuclei, challenging existing theories

Physicists at CERN's Large Hadron Collider have made the most detailed measurement of gluon behavior inside nuclei, providing evidence that these particles may reach a densely packed state known as gluon saturation. This finding from the ALICE experiment offers new insights into the fundamental structure of atomic nuclei and challenges conventional nuclear shadowing models.