ALICE Experiment Detects Quark-Gluon Plasma in Lighter Ion Collisions

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Published: 2026-08-30T10:16:00Z
Category: science
Source: CERN
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CERN's ALICE experiment has observed quark-gluon plasma (QGP) in collisions involving lighter ions like oxygen and neon. This discovery challenges prior assumptions that QGP, a state of matter from the early universe, required much heavier ions, expanding our understanding of its formation conditions.

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