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Experimenters at Fermilab discover exotic relatives of protons and neutrons

10-23-2006 · EurekAlert!

Scientists of the CDF collaboration at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced today (October 23, 2006) the discovery of two rare types of particles, exotic relatives of the much more common proton and neutron.

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