B mesons

antimatter, Big Bang, LHCb, Large Hadron Collider, CERN, CP symmetry, CP symmetry violation, quarks, charm quark, anti-quark, D0 mesons, kaons, B mesons, charge parity, weak nuclear force, strong nuclear force, Standard Model of particle physics, particle physics, new physics, CEPC,

Spotted: New Clue to Uncover Why Universe Is Made of Matter, Not Antimatter

Vasudevan Mukunth 22/03/2019

The universe is made entirely of matter today even...

One of the neutrino detectors at Daya Bay. The glass 'bubbles' lining the walls are photomultiplier tubes that will amplify the faint signal registered when a neutrino is detected. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Weak Signal Suggests Neutrino Sector May Upset Cherished Particle Physics Idea

Vasudevan Mukunth 29/10/2018

Physicists have taken another small – but vastly more...

LHCb7

A Similar Anomaly Has Showed up in Three Physics Experiments Since 2009. What’s Happening?

Vasudevan Mukunth 20/04/2017

A small but persistent discrepancy between the rates at...

Equipment surrounding the SuperKEKB installation. Source: KEK

Rivalling LHC’s High Energy, Japanese High Intensity Collider Nears Completion

Vasudevan Mukunth 03/03/2016

The SuperKEKB will produce 50-times more collisions than previous...

Reconstruction of an event in the LHCb detector. Credit: LHCb/CERN

Weak But Recurring Anomalous Signal Rivets Particle Physicists

Vasudevan Mukunth 07/09/2015

Observing the same kind of signal in three different...