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Glueball Discovery

August 13 , 2026 16 hrs 0 min 26 0

Scientists using data from the BESIII experiment in Beijing found stronger evidence that X(2370) may be a glueball.
A glueball is a composite particle made only of gluons, the particles that carry the strong force.
Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) is the theory that describes the strong interaction and allows gluons to attract each other and form glueballs.
Scientists first identified X(2370) as a possible glueball candidate in 2011, based on its mass and decay properties.
The new BESIII data revealed more properties supporting the possibility that X(2370) has a dominant glueball component.
If confirmed, it could be the first evidence of matter made only from the carriers of a fundamental force.