CERN discovers a new ‘exotic’ tetraquark

Researchers at the world’s biggest atom smasher announced they have observed a type of four-quark particle that physicists have never seen before.

By Arete News - July 1, 2020

Illustration of a new tetraquark detected for the first time at CERN (AN/CERN)

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