In my latest 🧪⚛️ column for @newscientist.com for subscribers (including libraries): beautiful non-binary mesons!
"the particles oscillate between being mesons and antimesons. In other words, neutral B mesons are spontaneously non-binary."
🏳️⚧️🥰
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
"the particles oscillate between being mesons and antimesons. In other words, neutral B mesons are spontaneously non-binary."
🏳️⚧️🥰
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
Why 'beauty factories' could solve two massive cosmological mysteries
Facilities that make particles called B mesons may seem obscure, but they could help explain why there is more matter than antimatter and what dark matter is, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
www.newscientist.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
In my latest 🧪⚛️ column for @newscientist.com for subscribers (including libraries): beautiful non-binary mesons!
"the particles oscillate between being mesons and antimesons. In other words, neutral B mesons are spontaneously non-binary."
🏳️⚧️🥰
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
"the particles oscillate between being mesons and antimesons. In other words, neutral B mesons are spontaneously non-binary."
🏳️⚧️🥰
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
Yeah, I'm into BDSM
B mesons
D mesons
Strange quarks &
Muons
B mesons
D mesons
Strange quarks &
Muons
Yeah, I’m into BDSM
Beam pipes
Dipole magnets
Sextupole magnets
MORE MAGNETS
Beam pipes
Dipole magnets
Sextupole magnets
MORE MAGNETS
December 21, 2023 at 8:08 PM
Yeah, I'm into BDSM
B mesons
D mesons
Strange quarks &
Muons
B mesons
D mesons
Strange quarks &
Muons
CP violation, baryons, mesons, neutrinos, oh my!
New Clue to How Matter Outlasted Antimatter at the Big Bang Is Found
www.nytimes.com
July 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
CP violation, baryons, mesons, neutrinos, oh my!
CMS explores subtle matter–antimatter difference using beauty mesons⚛️
The CMS experiment uses its largest sample of beauty mesons to date to perform a high-precision test of subtle differences between matter and #Antimatter
Find out more:
home.cern/cms-explores...
The CMS experiment uses its largest sample of beauty mesons to date to perform a high-precision test of subtle differences between matter and #Antimatter
Find out more:
home.cern/cms-explores...
July 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM
CMS explores subtle matter–antimatter difference using beauty mesons⚛️
The CMS experiment uses its largest sample of beauty mesons to date to perform a high-precision test of subtle differences between matter and #Antimatter
Find out more:
home.cern/cms-explores...
The CMS experiment uses its largest sample of beauty mesons to date to perform a high-precision test of subtle differences between matter and #Antimatter
Find out more:
home.cern/cms-explores...
imagine living in the universe where all of the hundreds of other types of baryons and mesons are stable and they make their own atoms and elements and people have like >200 different periodic tables to keep track of
September 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
imagine living in the universe where all of the hundreds of other types of baryons and mesons are stable and they make their own atoms and elements and people have like >200 different periodic tables to keep track of
We've seen some differences. For instance in B mesons. They are particles containing a heavy b quark. Here's a plot of the number of B mesons (right) and anti-mesons (left) versus their measured mass.
March 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
We've seen some differences. For instance in B mesons. They are particles containing a heavy b quark. Here's a plot of the number of B mesons (right) and anti-mesons (left) versus their measured mass.
Saint Surrounded by Three Pi-Mesons
https://botfrens.com/collections/63/contents/20996
https://botfrens.com/collections/63/contents/20996
July 31, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Saint Surrounded by Three Pi-Mesons
https://botfrens.com/collections/63/contents/20996
https://botfrens.com/collections/63/contents/20996
I made a mass plot of the first reconstructed K short mesons in the initial collisions at the CMS experiment at LHC.
January 29, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I made a mass plot of the first reconstructed K short mesons in the initial collisions at the CMS experiment at LHC.
Saint Surrounded by Three Pi-Mesons
April 27, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Saint Surrounded by Three Pi-Mesons
How B-mesons are threatening to break the Standard Model
There have been many "somewhat significant" (3σ+, but not 5σ) anomalies seen at the LHC to challenge the Standard Model.
Could this newest one, at last, be the one that sticks?
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
There have been many "somewhat significant" (3σ+, but not 5σ) anomalies seen at the LHC to challenge the Standard Model.
Could this newest one, at last, be the one that sticks?
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
How B-mesons are threatening to break the Standard Model
We have very specific predictions for how particles ought to decay. When we look at B-mesons all together, something vital doesn't add up.
bigthink.com
December 4, 2024 at 5:02 PM
How B-mesons are threatening to break the Standard Model
There have been many "somewhat significant" (3σ+, but not 5σ) anomalies seen at the LHC to challenge the Standard Model.
Could this newest one, at last, be the one that sticks?
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
There have been many "somewhat significant" (3σ+, but not 5σ) anomalies seen at the LHC to challenge the Standard Model.
Could this newest one, at last, be the one that sticks?
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
Who wants to make out in front of the supermatter crystal
Don't forget to bring your boots n mesons
Don't forget to bring your boots n mesons
March 4, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Who wants to make out in front of the supermatter crystal
Don't forget to bring your boots n mesons
Don't forget to bring your boots n mesons
Saint Surrounded by Three Pi-Mesons, 1956 #surrealism #salvadordali
February 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Saint Surrounded by Three Pi-Mesons, 1956 #surrealism #salvadordali
I'm only now learning about "vector meson dominance", a big idea put forth by Sakurai and others around 1960.
Just as the pion comes in +, - and neutral forms and has spin 0, the rho meson comes in +, - and neutral forms and has spin 1 - so it's described by a "vector", like the photon.
(1/n)
Just as the pion comes in +, - and neutral forms and has spin 0, the rho meson comes in +, - and neutral forms and has spin 1 - so it's described by a "vector", like the photon.
(1/n)
March 28, 2026 at 4:58 PM
I'm only now learning about "vector meson dominance", a big idea put forth by Sakurai and others around 1960.
Just as the pion comes in +, - and neutral forms and has spin 0, the rho meson comes in +, - and neutral forms and has spin 1 - so it's described by a "vector", like the photon.
(1/n)
Just as the pion comes in +, - and neutral forms and has spin 0, the rho meson comes in +, - and neutral forms and has spin 1 - so it's described by a "vector", like the photon.
(1/n)
one of those short-lived mesons walks up and goes "Hey gu-" before they suddenly go poof and are replaced by a handful of other particles who just get up and wander off
January 24, 2026 at 1:08 AM
one of those short-lived mesons walks up and goes "Hey gu-" before they suddenly go poof and are replaced by a handful of other particles who just get up and wander off
The exact nature of the two mesons is still disputed. Are they tetraquarks? And are they unique? Can similar states be found in the b-quark sector?
September 24, 2026 at 9:00 AM
The exact nature of the two mesons is still disputed. Are they tetraquarks? And are they unique? Can similar states be found in the b-quark sector?
Things like pions are made of bonded quarks and antiquarks (they’re different flavors of quarks so they don’t annihilate with each other). There’s a whole category of composite particles like this called mesons.
December 5, 2023 at 6:45 PM
Things like pions are made of bonded quarks and antiquarks (they’re different flavors of quarks so they don’t annihilate with each other). There’s a whole category of composite particles like this called mesons.
Saint Surrounded by Three Pi-Mesons
https://botfrens.com/collections/63/contents/20996
https://botfrens.com/collections/63/contents/20996
December 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Saint Surrounded by Three Pi-Mesons
https://botfrens.com/collections/63/contents/20996
https://botfrens.com/collections/63/contents/20996
The mass is the same in both panels (that would be a big discovery) but the amount of found (anti-) mesons is different: that's the peak height.
There are also small peaks that are different. These are Bs mesons, that also contain an s quark.
There are also small peaks that are different. These are Bs mesons, that also contain an s quark.
March 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The mass is the same in both panels (that would be a big discovery) but the amount of found (anti-) mesons is different: that's the peak height.
There are also small peaks that are different. These are Bs mesons, that also contain an s quark.
There are also small peaks that are different. These are Bs mesons, that also contain an s quark.
A third dimension appears with charm and anti-charm quarks. All the mesons in this plot have been discovered long ago.
June 3, 2026 at 10:18 AM
A third dimension appears with charm and anti-charm quarks. All the mesons in this plot have been discovered long ago.
Krishna Kingkar Pathak: Hyperfine Structure of $B$ and $D$ Mesons in a QCD-Inspired Potential Model https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.28544 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2609.28544 https://arxiv.org/html/2609.28544
September 25, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Krishna Kingkar Pathak: Hyperfine Structure of $B$ and $D$ Mesons in a QCD-Inspired Potential Model https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.28544 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2609.28544 https://arxiv.org/html/2609.28544
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In 1934, Yukawa wrote an article telling the force between two nucleons is due to exchange of mesons between them.
In 1947, mesons were observed in laboratory, strongly supporting Yukawa's theoretical prediction, which is considered a cornerstone of modern particle physics.
In 1934, Yukawa wrote an article telling the force between two nucleons is due to exchange of mesons between them.
In 1947, mesons were observed in laboratory, strongly supporting Yukawa's theoretical prediction, which is considered a cornerstone of modern particle physics.
July 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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In 1934, Yukawa wrote an article telling the force between two nucleons is due to exchange of mesons between them.
In 1947, mesons were observed in laboratory, strongly supporting Yukawa's theoretical prediction, which is considered a cornerstone of modern particle physics.
In 1934, Yukawa wrote an article telling the force between two nucleons is due to exchange of mesons between them.
In 1947, mesons were observed in laboratory, strongly supporting Yukawa's theoretical prediction, which is considered a cornerstone of modern particle physics.
But these are mesons. They contain a quark and an anti-quark. Is this matter or anti-matter? You choose.
March 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
But these are mesons. They contain a quark and an anti-quark. Is this matter or anti-matter? You choose.
Não vcs sendo o J*mesons de DW……😭
September 11, 2024 at 3:04 AM
Não vcs sendo o J*mesons de DW……😭
You absolutely cannot trust this guy, he seems like someone who would use a (+,-,-,-) metric.
This message was brought to you by mesons, exclusively from Big Quanta. Mesons: when you want a hadron but are a bit bored with baryons
This message was brought to you by mesons, exclusively from Big Quanta. Mesons: when you want a hadron but are a bit bored with baryons
Why hasn’t @mbkplus.bsky.social done a quantum mechanics and GR Coldplay kiss cam meme yet?
Only explanation: he’s in the pocket of big quanta.
Only explanation: he’s in the pocket of big quanta.
July 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
You absolutely cannot trust this guy, he seems like someone who would use a (+,-,-,-) metric.
This message was brought to you by mesons, exclusively from Big Quanta. Mesons: when you want a hadron but are a bit bored with baryons
This message was brought to you by mesons, exclusively from Big Quanta. Mesons: when you want a hadron but are a bit bored with baryons
In short, the light you see around you is subtly spiced by a slight mix of neutral rho mesons!
More precisely, real-world photons are a superposition of the "bare" photons we'd have in a world without quarks, and neutral rho mesons.
Why do we know this?
(4/n)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_...
More precisely, real-world photons are a superposition of the "bare" photons we'd have in a world without quarks, and neutral rho mesons.
Why do we know this?
(4/n)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_...
Vector meson dominance - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
March 28, 2026 at 6:20 PM
In short, the light you see around you is subtly spiced by a slight mix of neutral rho mesons!
More precisely, real-world photons are a superposition of the "bare" photons we'd have in a world without quarks, and neutral rho mesons.
Why do we know this?
(4/n)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_...
More precisely, real-world photons are a superposition of the "bare" photons we'd have in a world without quarks, and neutral rho mesons.
Why do we know this?
(4/n)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_...