Researchers, building on findings from work involving the Large Hadron Collider, have found a theoretical new form of energy: quark fusion.
This new source of energy, according to researchers Marek Karliner and Jonathan Rosner, comes from the fusion of subatomic particles known as quarks. These particles are usually produced as a result of colliding atoms that move at high speeds within the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), where these component parts split from their parent atoms. It doesn’t stop there, however, as these disassociated quarks also tend to collide with one another and fuse into particles called baryons.
Source: “Quark Fusion” Produces Eight Times More Energy Than Nuclear Fusion