Introducing Particle Physics

New particle could help physicists understand subatomic glue

Detection allows probe of the universe’s strongest force

LHCb detector

PROBING FOR PARTICLES  The 4,500-metric-ton LHCb detector found evidence of a new particle by measuring the decays of particles called B mesons.

Maximilien Brice/© 2009 CERN

By Andrew Grant

- More than 2 years ago

The discovery of a particle about three times as hefty as a proton may lead to insights into the force that holds the nucleus of an atom together.