> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ronn! Blankenship > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 11:00 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: quark quark quark > > Scientists at west suburban Fermilab have discovered an odd new > subatomic particle that's kind of like a triple-scoop ice cream cone. > > It consists of three smaller particles called quarks. Each quark has > a distinct property -- the chocolate, vanilla and strawberry flavors, > if you will.
This is really a melancholy news item for me. I was at Fermilab when it was at the forefront of new discoveries...I think both truth and beauty (top and bottom) quarks were found there. This discovery is basically backwater physics. We've known about the down, strange, and beauty (bottom) quarks for over 25 years, and no-one ever thought that all three shouldn't be produced in a reaction to form cascade-b. It's sad that Fermilab is reduced to announcements like this. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
