One of its most important discoveries was that several distinct phenomena observed at high energies and short distances could be clearly attributed to the emission of gluons and the emergence of gluonic structures. By observing how these structures change while increasing the distance, it should be possible to follow – and thus to understand –the action of the strong force.
这座加速器在1992年开始运作，至2007年关闭。其中一个最重大发现就是数种在高能短距离情况下观察到的明显现象可以清晰地归结于胶子的释放和胶子结构的形成。通过观察在距离不断增加的情况下这些结构如何变化，就可能观察——并因此理解——强相互作用力的作用。