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SELEX at Fermilab Discovers New Particle

Posted by michael on from the ad-infinitum dept.

sellthesedownfalls writes "Scientists at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory will announce on Friday, June 18 the observation of an unexpected new member of a family of subatomic particles called 'heavy-light' mesons. The new meson, a combination of a strange quark and a charm antiquark, is the heaviest ever observed in this family, and it behaves in surprising ways -- it apparently breaks the rules on decaying into other particles. See the Fermilab Press Release."

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  1. Re:Stupid question! by wankledot · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There are few things on /. that actually make me chuckle, and your hybrid coke-tart (pop-a-cola?) was one of them.

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  2. Just be glad your job title isn't... by sharp-bang · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "SELEX deputy cospokesperson"

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  3. Re:Slashdot Reader Discovers New Oxymoron by rickshaf · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If a subatomic particle lives such a short time that it can't be observed, does it exist at all? What if it dresses in a "bear suit"?

  4. Re:Slashdot Reader Discovers New Oxymoron by supersteve1440 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Amen to that!