Large accelerator detects five new particles

The world's largest particle accelerator (LHC) detects five new subatomic particles that may help explain how the atomic center is bonded.

The five newly discovered subatomic particles are high-energy versions of the omega-c baryon, made up of two strange quarks and one charm quartz. (Photo: BBC)

Physicists working with Large Particle Dynamics (LHC) announced the discovery of five new subatomic particles. They are one of several forms of Omega-c baryon , the BBC reported on March 20. The existence of these particles has been predicted by scientists in 1994 but can not be proven until now.

The discovery will shed light on how powerful interacting forces bind to the interior of the atom. The nucleus of an atom contains neutrons and protons. They are, in turn, made up of quarks with slightly unusual names, which are quarks up and quarks down, linked together by strong nuclear forces.

Omega-c baryons belong to the same group of neutrons and protons, but are made up of strange quarks and charm quarks. These are heavier versions of quarks up and quarks down.

Since the discovery of the Omega-c baryon, scientists have said that they have heavier versions and that current physicists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) have found them.

" This is a remarkable discovery that sheds light on how quarks combine with one another, and we will better understand proton and neutrons, as well as strange quark quarks such as pentaquarks and tetraquarks ," Greig said. Cowan, a specialist at the University of Edinburgh, UK, worked on the CERN LHCb experiment.

The Large Particle Accelerator (LHC) is the largest particle accelerator and provides the world's fastest acceleration by CERN. The LHC is located in a circular tunnel with a circumference of 27 km at the French and Swiss borders. The LHC is designed to perform multiple high-speed direct collision experiments between proton particles.