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Dimuons at Fermilab suggest new form of hadronic matter

JAN 01, 1976

Neutrino experiments at Fermilab conducted over the past two years, in which pairs of muons are produced, appear to show the existence of a new form of hadronic matter. The discovery suggests that matter carrying a new quantum number has been observed. This quantum number is often generically referred to as “charm.”

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