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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2004

  The Nobel Prize in Physics 2004
       
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The strong force

Many tried but failed, to find a theory in which the strength of the strong force decreases as the energy increases. This year's Nobel Laureates produced a theory with the required minus sign.
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  Contents:
| Introduction - A colourful connection | The Standard Model and the four forces | Inside the proton  | The theory shows its true colours | The strong force | A unified theory for all forces? | Timeline | Further reading | Credits |
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