We should have known this years ago (decade?), too bad we pulled funding on the SSC.
2 Billion dollars wasted...wow.
We should have known this years ago (decade?), too bad we pulled funding on the SSC.
PARIS — The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), famously engaged in the quest for the Higgs boson, has turned up a heavier variant of a sub-atomic particle first discovered a quarter-century ago, scientists reported on Thursday.
The newcomer is called Chi-b(3P), which was uncovered in the debris from colliding protons, according to research published in the open-access online journal arxiv.
Like the elusive Higgs and the photon, it is a boson, meaning it is a particle that carries force.
But while the Higgs is not believed to be made of smaller particles, the Chi-b(3) comprises two relatively heavy particles, the beauty quark and its antiquark.
god damn quarks, always getting in the way!
And 114 years ago, the discovery of the electron was "just a particle." Where would we be now without that discovery??are all of the answers for these particle physicists just...more particles? "Why does the nuclear weak force work this way? Well, I think there might be a particle!" "Why is gravity so much weaker than all the other forces? Well, it's probably because of a particle!" "Why is _____________? A particle!"
are all of the answers for these particle physicists just...more particles? "Why does the nuclear weak force work this way? Well, I think there might be a particle!" "Why is gravity so much weaker than all the other forces? Well, it's probably because of a particle!" "Why is _____________? A particle!"
When all you have is a hammer, your problems start to look like nails.are all of the answers for these particle physicists just...more particles? "Why does the nuclear weak force work this way? Well, I think there might be a particle!" "Why is gravity so much weaker than all the other forces? Well, it's probably because of a particle!" "Why is _____________? A particle!"