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Published online 2 July 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030630-3

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New subatomic species found

Collision debris yields five-quark particle.

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A class of subatomic particle, consisting of five quarks rather than the normal two or three, has been discovered by physicists in Japan.

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