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Particle oddball surprises physicists

Particle oddball surprises physicists

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (17) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists of the CDF experiment at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced yesterday that they have found evidence of an unexpected particle whose curious ...





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Fermilab's CDF observes Omega-sub-b baryon

Fermilab's CDF observes Omega-sub-b baryon

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (19) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- At a recent physics seminar at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Fermilab physicist Pat Lukens of the CDF experiment announced the observation of a new particle, ...


New Theory of the Universe Marries Two of its Biggest Mysteries

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 22, 2007 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (88) | comments 0

Physicists have devised a theory that unifies two widely studied mysteries of the universe: why there is an imbalance between regular matter and anti-matter (scientists expect to see equal amounts of each, but observe less ...


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XMM-Newton discovers part of missing matter in the universe

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 06, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (72) | comments 3

ESA’s orbiting X-ray observatory XMM-Newton has been used by a team of international astronomers to uncover part of the missing matter in the universe.


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Fermilab physicists discover 'doubly strange' particle

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 03, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (64) | comments 1

Physicists of the DZero experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have discovered a new particle made of three quarks, the Omega-sub-b (Ωb). The particle contains ...


CDF Silicon Vertex Detector

Scientists discover exotic relatives of protons and neutrons

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 23, 2006 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (112) | comments 0

Scientists of the CDF collaboration at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced today (October 23, 2006) the discovery of two rare types of particles, exotic relatives of the ...


NASA Concludes Successful Fuse Mission

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 17, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

After an eight-year run that gave astronomers a completely new perspective on the universe, NASA has concluded the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer mission. The satellite, known as FUSE, became inoperable in July when ...


Hubble Looks for Missing Matter

Hubble Survey Finds Missing Matter, Probes Intergalactic Web

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 20, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (49) | comments 8

Although the universe contains billions of galaxies, only a small amount of its matter is locked up in these behemoths. Most of the universe's matter that was created during and just after the Big Bang must ...


Universe Supercomputer Simulation

Supercomputer simulation of universe may help in search for missing matter

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 06, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (39) | comments 7

Much of the gaseous mass of the universe is bound up in a tangled web of cosmic filaments that stretch for hundreds of millions of light-years, according to a new supercomputer study by a team led by the University ...


NASA finds missing cosmic matter

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created Feb 03, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Found: 7 percent of the mass of the universe. Missing since: 10 billion years ago. Consider one more astronomical mystery solved. Scientists have located a sizeable chunk of the universe that seemed to be missing since ...


BaBar Steadies Omega-minus Spin

BaBar Steadies Omega-minus Spin

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 06, 2006 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 0

If you snatch a copy of the Particle Data Book from your colleague's back pocket and flip to the entry for the Omega-minus particle, you'll see that the very first line says the spin is "not yet measured." ...



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