quark

A quark is an elementary particle. According to the standard model, there are six flavors and quarks are observed to occur only in combinations of two (mesons) or three (baryons).

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Long-sought decay of Higgs boson observed

Six years after its discovery, the Higgs boson has at last been observed decaying to fundamental particles known as bottom quarks.

Press release
Physics
28 August, 2018
Physics
Press release
28 August, 2018

Hunting for dark quarks

A search for dark quarks conducted by the CMS collaboration inches closer to the parent particles from which they may originate

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Physics
31 August, 2018
Physics
News
31 August, 2018

Proton animation

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Physics
Physics
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Neutron stars cast light on quark matter

The first observation of a neutron-star merger by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations has allowed researchers to improve the theory of quark matter

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Physics
07 June, 2018

New ALICE results show novel phenomena in proton collisions

Published in Nature Physics ALICE reports proton collisions sometimes present similar patterns to those observed in the collisions of heavy nuclei

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Experiments
05 May, 2017

How strange is the proton?

ATLAS measurements show proton has more strange quarks than previously thought

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Experiments
16 February, 2017
Experiments
News
16 February, 2017

CERN experiments present results at Quark Matter 2015

There were presentations from ALICE, CMS, ATLAS and LHCb at the international conference on ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions this week

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Experiments
02 October, 2015
Experiments
News
02 October, 2015

Discovery of a new class of particles at the LHC

The LHCb experiment has observed for the first time particles made up of five quarks

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Accelerators
14 July, 2015

CMS and LHCb experiments reveal new rare particle decay

The CMS and LHCb experiments at the LHC have observed a very rare decay. An important milestone in the search for hints of new physics

News
Experiments
12 May, 2015

Working with quarkonium

The Quark Working Group highlights unsolved problems, discusses the latest data, and suggests new analyses in quarkonium physics

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Physics
22 April, 2015
Physics
News
22 April, 2015