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News Release 15-076
Physicists discover long-sought 'pentaquark' particle
Particle could help scientists better understand composition of matter
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Now that NSF-funded researchers have discovered the long-sought pentaquark, their next step is to study how quarks are bound together within this remarkable particle. They could be bound together tightly, as seen in this image.
Credit: CERN
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Now that NSF-funded researchers have discovered the long-sought pentaquark, their next step is to study how quarks are bound together within this remarkable particle. They could be bound together loosely, as sort of a "meson-baryon molecule," as seen in this image.
Credit: CERN
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