What's the role of gluons?

Hiromoot put an end to this meme.

>>8629101
It mediates the strong interaction.

>>8629114
Keeping quarks together

>>8629101
They are to the strong interaction what photons are to electromagnetic interaction.

>>8629124
What does this even mean

Explain

>>8629506
they're force-carrying particles ya dingus

Where can I find gluon-free bread that doesn't taste like primordial soup?

>>8629513
But what's a particle

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>>8629570
it's a bump in the field

>>8629101
Are you asking people on 4chan to explain to you something in complete detail when you don't even have any background as to what a particle is?

>>8629124
meh, they are quite a bit weirder than that