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Fermilab Scientists Discover New Particle

Posted by samzenpus on from the isn't-it-cute dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Fermilab today announced that scientists working at the CDF (Collision Detector at Fermilab) experiment confirmed the observation of a new particle, the Xi-sub-b. The Xi-sub-b is categorized as a baryon, which are formed of three quarks. Commonly known baryons include the proton as well as the neutron."

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  1. Original paper by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://arxiv.org/abs/1107.3753