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"Cascade B" Particle Discovered At Fermilab

Posted by kdawson on from the three-three-three-quarks-in-one dept.

pnotequalsnp writes to note that physicists at Fermilab have discovered a new heavy particle called the Cascade B. This is the first particle ever seen that is made up of quarks representing all three quark families. A team of 610 physicists from 88 institutions reported the discovery in a paper submitted to Physical Review Letters last week. This must be the discovery that triggered rumors that the Higgs had been found.

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  1. Re:What's the significance? by QuantumG · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Confirms the Standard Model.. again.

    Takes us one more step closer to a Grand Unified Theory.

    And no, there's no practical upshot.. it's pure research.

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