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New Particle Identified At LHC

Posted by timothy on from the particularly-new dept.

First time accepted submitter m4ktub writes "A team of researchers working with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC have published an article in arXiv where they describe what is believed to be the first observation of a new particle: the boson Chi-b (3P). Professor Roger Jones, Head of the Lancaster ATLAS group, said 'While people are rightly interested in the Higgs boson, which we believe gives particles their mass and may have started to reveal itself, a lot of the mass of everyday objects comes from the strong interaction we are investigating using the Chi-b.'"

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  1. Who knew by Hatta · · Score: 5, Funny

    They even have chibi particles now.

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    1. Re:Who knew by mangamuscle · · Score: 5, Funny

      It is chibi, but further experiments are required to determine if it is kawaii

  2. Chibi Higgs? by TheLink · · Score: 4, Funny

    So is that the chibi form of the Higgs boson?

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  3. We didn't find the God particle yet. by PortHaven · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will His son particle do for now?

    1. Re:We didn't find the God particle yet. by Millennium · · Score: 4, Funny

      No, no, that would be the chi-rho boson.

    2. Re:We didn't find the God particle yet. by LordStormes · · Score: 4, Funny

      Chi-Tebow boson.

  4. Chi-b,e h? by DC2088 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is it a dot or is it a speck?

  5. I'm waiting for... by UncHellMatt · · Score: 5, Funny

    The movie about the particle collider this particle's discovery.

    "Chi-b Chi-b, BANG BANG"

    /me ducks

  6. Re:Quark and anti-quark? by Hatta · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's against the rules of acquisition.

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