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Particle physics is the study of the fundamental forces of nature as they are embodied in the interactions of elementary and composite particles at high energies and short time and distance scales. DO NOT USE THIS TAG for point particles in classical mechanics.

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Is it pions or gluons that mediate the strong force between nucleons?

gluons mediate the strong force between quarks. Pions mediate the nuclear force or nucleon-nucleon interaction or RESIDUAL strong force. So, the answer to your question is BOTH. In different measure, …
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