YorkU Physics Professor Randy Lewis's research confirmed by CERN

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Physics prof Randy Lewis research confirmed by CERN

CERN confirmed Randy Lewis’s theory when they detected two new baryon particles Xi_b’- and Xi_b*-. In a paper published in 2009 by Lewis, a York physics professor, and Richard Woloshyn, a Simon Fraser University professor, predicted the mass of these two new baryons, by using a numerical method called lattice quantum chromodynamics (QCD).

“It’s always good to see the calculation we worked hard at is agreeing with experiments. That means that everybody is a little bit closer to understanding the world of particle physics,” says Lewis.
The building blocks of the universe are matter (m) which is made of particles, and energy (E) they are related by Einstein’s formula E = mc^2 where c is the speed of light.

Atoms are made of protons, neutrons, and electrons. Protons and neutrons are made up of quarks. Lewis explains quarks come in six states[Edit 6/23/2015 this should have been flavors not states]: up, down, top, bottom, strange, and charm, and they also have two spin states.

“People have known for a long time you can piece the quarks togather in many different ways.”
“The word baryon just means something that gets its properties from its three important quarks. If they happen to be two ups and a down we happen to name that baryon a proton. If they happen to be one strange, one bottom , and one down then we happen to name that baryon a Xi_b.”
“These two new particles… each of them is a combination of one bottom quark, one strange quark , and one down quark. It turns out they do stick togather and we predicted the mass, and it agrees rather well with what we see in real life.”

 

 

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