Scales tilt against five-quark particles

From Tampa, at a meeting of the American Physical Society

May the best data win. In the past 2 years, evidence has quickly mounted for the existence of pentaquarks, never-before-seen subatomic particles theoretically composed of five quarks or antiquarks, which are fundamental constituents of matter. Lately, however, evidence against pentaquarks has been mounting even faster, reports Curtis A.