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gluon

elementary particle that mediates the strong force
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Summary

gluon is a type of quantum particle[1]. gluon draws 5,699 Wikipedia views per month (type of quantum particle category, ranking #17 of 125).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: gauge boson[3], massless quantum particle[4], boson[5], force carrier[6], elementary particle[7]
  • Commons category: Gluons[8]
  • Interaction: strong interaction[9], gravity[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Gluons[11]
  • Spin quantum number: 1[12]
  • Parity quantum number: -1[13]
  • Monte Carlo Particle Number: 21[14]
  • Has characteristic: color charge[15]
  • Mass: 0 electronvolt per speed of light squared[16]
  • Antiparticle: gluon[17]
  • Electric charge: 0 elementary charge[18]
  • Has superpartner: gluino[19]
  • Disjoint union of: list of values as qualifiers[20]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21]

Why It Matters

gluon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] gluon is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Review of Particle Physics. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Review of Particle Physics. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q809 (pol)-Grawiton-gluon.wav
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Pronunciation audio: LL-Q809 (pol)-Grawiton-gluon.wav"
  2. 10w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Scholarpedia article id → Gluon
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Scholarpedia article id: Gluon, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/101894060|Gluon (#101894060)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3961|Scholarpedia]] #mix'n'm"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Gluons
    Subclass of → gauge boson, massless quantum particle, boson +2
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007531218605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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