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November 12, 2013

High-energy physicists predict new family of four-quark objects
Manoa HI (SPX) Nov 11, 2013
An international team of high-energy physicists says the discovery of an electrically charged subatomic particle called Zc(4020) is a sign that they have begun to unveil a whole new family of four-quark objects. The Beijing Spectrometer (BESIII) collaboration, which includes scientists from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, previously announced the discovery of a mysterious four-quark particle called Zc(3900) in April 2013. "While quarks have long been known to bind together in groups of tw ... read more

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