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A scientist uses an accelerator and high energy electrons to study the particles inside the protons of a helium atom. What particles is the scientist studying?
the He neutrons
the He nucleus
the He electrons
the He quarks

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The He quarks.

Explanation: protons (and neutrons) are made of quarks (and gluons). High-energy electron scattering is used to probe the quark structure inside protons.