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nuclear physics theorists at Brookhaven National Laboratory

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A team of theorists at Brookhaven National Laboratory calculated the distribution of electric charges in particles called mesons and used the calculates to help validate a widely used method for understanding the building blocks of visible matter. Left to right: Xiang Gao, Peter Petreczky, Qi Shi. Not shown: Swagato Mukherjee.

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