Individual gluons cannot be extracted from a nucleus due to the phenomenon of quark confinement. Gluons do not exist as independent particles at low temperatures; they only manifest at extremely high temperatures where atomic nuclei do not exist. This conclusion is supported by the principles of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and the nature of color charge interactions within particles. For further reading, refer to the works of Frank Wilczek on QCD.
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It is not possible to extract individual gluons. Gluons don't exist as independent propagating particles at low tempertures. At the tempertures where they do exist, atomic nuclie don't exist.Physicist50 said:I was wondering if it was possible to extract individual gluons from a nucleus, and if so, how?