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Jeebus, another frustrating air-filled article to up the word count. Meat: > The LHCb produces sub-atomic particles called "beauty quarks", which are not usua
by geuis 6y ago
Jeebus, another frustrating air-filled article to up the word count.
Meat:
> The LHCb produces sub-atomic particles called "beauty quarks", which are not usually found in nature but are produced at the LHC. Sub-atomic particles undergo a process known as decay, where one particle transforms into several, less massive ones.
According to the Standard Model, beauty quarks should decay into equal numbers of electron and muon particles. Instead, the process yields more electrons than muons.
One possible explanation is that an as-yet undiscovered particle known as a leptoquark was involved in the decay process and made it easier to produce electrons.