CERN’s ALICE Collaboration Finds Evidence Of Quark-Gluon Plasma In Proton Collisions

The ALICE Collaboration observed a pattern in proton-proton, proton-lead, and lead-lead collisions suggesting the possible formation of quark-gluon plasma, a state of matter from the early Universe. This finding indicates that quark-gluon plasma may be created even in smaller collision systems, challenging initial expectations about its formation. Researchers with the ALICE Collaboration at the Large Hadron Collider have found evidence that a state of matter resembling the earliest moments of the universe, quark-gluon plasma, can arise even in collisions of comparatively small particles like p... [2350 chars]