‘Impossible’ Particle Discovery Adds Key Piece to the Strong Force Puzzle | Quanta Magazine
The unexpected discovery of the double-charm tetraquark has given physicists a new tool with which to hone their understanding of the strongest of nature’s fundamental forces.
Hasnain says:
“The tetraquark now presents theorists with a solid target against which to test their mathematical machinery for approximating the strong force. Honing their approximations represents physicists’ main hope for understanding how quarks behave inside and outside atoms — and for teasing apart the effects of quarks from subtle signs of new fundamental particles that physicists are pursuing.”
Posted on 2021-09-27T20:36:16+0000