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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. Don't lose your head by Bring+back+the+old+t · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Like he did.

  2. hehehehe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    woah... cooleys

  3. 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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  4. Drat! by Jonsey · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Today was my day in the test chamber too! It's just that I was running late, and they hid my HEV suit in a far-away bank of lockers I'd never been to before.

    Maybe that guy in the suit had something to do with it, I sure see a lot of him around here.

    - Gordon F.


    Yeah, off topic, but, c'mon, it's coming.

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  5. By the way... by Mz6 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You need to re-fill your blinker fluid, it's a little low.

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

    "SELEX deputy cospokesperson"

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  8. Re:Slashdot Reader Discovers New Oxymoron by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Lies! This is Slashdot. You've never dated.

  9. 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"?

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

    Amen to that!