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April 25, 2013

LHCb Experiment Observes New Matter-Antimatter Difference
Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 25, 2013
The LHCb collaboration at CERN has submitted a paper to Physical Review Letters on the first observation of matter-antimatter asymmetry in the decays of the particle known as the B0s . It is only the fourth sub-atomic particle known to exhibit such behavior. Matter and antimatter are thought to have existed in equal amounts at the beginning of the universe, but today the universe appears to be composed essentially of matter. By studying subtle differences in the behavior of particle and antipartic ... read more

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