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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. Tsk tsk... Slashdot is slipping by Ars+Dilbert · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Fifty comments and not one reference to resonance cascade? How's that even possible? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mesa_Research_F acility

  2. Was Dr. Freeman one of the scientists... by jakob_grimm · · Score: 0, Redundant

    who discovered this particle? If so, we might need to watch out for a Resonance Cascade.

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