 Gluon splitting (source code)

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= Gluon splitting

A <QCD> branching in which a <gluon> produces a <quark>-<antiquark> pair or two <gluons>. Quark-pair production supplies a perturbative source of <sea quarks>. Its rates depend on scale and on the allowed daughter <quark masses>.

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