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Research offers new insights into the mechanisms of how quarks combine - EurekAlert


Groups of three quarks form stable composite particles called baryons (such as protons and neutrons), while pairs of quarks form unstable mesons. New measurements from the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment show surprising variations in the rate at which baryons are produced, defying previous expectations. This finding helps to explain the creation of the first stable particles in the early universe.

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