Atom Smasher Detects Hints of New Unstable Particle
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest atom smasher, just discovered at least two previously unknown particles.
The 17-mile (27 kilometers) underground ring near Geneva recently discovered two baryons and a hint of another particle, according to a statement from the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), which runs the LHC. Baryons are fundamental subatomic particles that are each made up of three quarks. The quarks, in turn, are even smaller particles that come in different "flavors": up, down, top, bottom, strange and charm.
[...] The first, named Σb(6097)+, is made up of one bottom quark and two up quarks, while the second, named Σb(6097)-, is made up of one bottom quark and two down quarks. [...] As for the third potential particle, the researchers discovered only hints that it exists. Named Z sub c-(4100), this particle could be a weird meson, a type of unstable particle that briefly flits into existence during high-energy collisions and that consists of two quarks and two antiquarks.
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Saturday October 06 2018, @03:29AM (1 child)
The holodeck would let you experience any reality you desire.
(Score: 2) by acid andy on Saturday October 06 2018, @09:51AM
True, but I'm hopeful a good approximation of that experience will be possible with current physics. Advances in virtual reality or brain or nerve interfaces could get it done if we can't crack fully realistic holographic projection.
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