https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STEVE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STEVE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subauroral_ion_drift https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaur

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STEVE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STEVE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subauroral_ion_drift https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subauroral_ion_drift Not exactly the discovery of a new quark, but it triggered realworld research into the cause of the phenomena. That qualifies as contribution imho.