Fermilab Scientists Discover New Particle

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Fermilab Scientists Discover New Particle 151

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @04:30PM 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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