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LHCb Discovers Xi-cc-plus, a New Two-Charm Baryon

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LHCb Discovers Xi-cc-plus, a New Two-Charm Baryon
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Scientists at CERN's LHCb have identified a new baryon, Xi-cc-plus, composed of two charm quarks and one down quark. Weighing about four times the mass of a proton, it offers a testbed for quantum chromodynamics and the strong force; discovered after 2023 detector upgrades, it is only the second observed baryon with two heavy quarks and has a lifetime up to six times shorter than a similar earlier baryon.

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  1. Large Hadron Collider Discovers All-New Particle  Futurism
  2. LHCb Collaboration discovers new proton-like particle  Home | CERN
  3. CERN Discovers New Particle After Upgrading Large Hadron Collider  ScienceAlert
  4. Physicists discover a heavy cousin of the proton at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider  ScienceDaily
  5. Particle discovered at CERN solves a 20-year-old mystery  New Scientist

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