Physicists' Analysis Leads to Discovery of New Particle
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 09:35
in Astronomy & Space
University of Michigan physicists played a leading role in the discovery of a new particle, the Omega b baryon, which is an exotic relative of the proton. It was detected for the first time in a particle accelerator at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Illinois, Fermilab has announced.