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Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
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The new particle may break all known rules for creating matter, say the researchers who created the oddity.
Y(4140)—as the new particle has been dubbed—couldn't have formed through either of the two known models for matter creation. Researchers aren't even sure what Y(4140) is made of.
It's long been accepted that six different "flavors" of particles called quarks combine to form larger subatomic particles.
In one method, a quark pairs with one of its opposites, an antiquark, to create a type of matter called a meson. In the second method, three quarks gather to form baryons, such as protons and neutrons. |
more @ the link : http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/03/090320-new-particle.html
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Rycona
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Title: The Maestro
Joined: Nov 01 2005
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I'm very interested to see what this discovery will lead to. Hopefully not the undermining of the universe.
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SoldierHawk
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Title: Warrior-Poet
Joined: Jan 15 2009
Location: San Diego, CA
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Wow. Must read further to actually understand what they're talking about, but  . Awesome, or terrifying, not sure which.
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Ba'al
Title: Zerg Zergling
Joined: Mar 02 2008
Location: Uranus
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Quark is such an awesome word, they should call the new particle "Incognito Quark".
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TheRoboSleuth
Title: Sleuth Mark IV
Joined: Aug 08 2006
Location: The Gritty Future
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| Quark is such an awesome word, they should call the new particle "Incognito Quark". |
Thats a name that belongs on a mechanical detective if I've ever heard one. So no, the new particle can't be called by that name.
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SevereFlame
Title: Superpowered President
Joined: Dec 07 2008
Location: White House In The Sky
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And we thought the LHC was bad..
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Andrew Man
Title: Is a Funklord
Joined: Jan 30 2007
Location: Annandale, VA
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Undeath
Title: Facepuncher of Asses
Joined: Jan 15 2009
Location: Here
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Whatever it is, they better keep it the hell away from the Large Hadron Collider. I'm not eager to let Doomsday happen.
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Not only is that not right, that's not even wrong. It's a meaningless statement. Saying something is "one molecule away" from plastic is like saying a farm is one letter away from a fart. Water is "one molecule away" from being explosive hydrogen gas. |
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Black Zarak
Title: Big Coffin Hunter
Joined: Feb 01 2006
Location: Phyrexia
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To me, Quark is a bartender with big ears...
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Captain_Pollution
Title: Hugh
Joined: Sep 23 2007
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I really need to brush up on my subatomic theory, I didn't get more of that than I thought I would. Oh well.
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