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Starts With A Bang
The “atom” lost its original meaning, and that’s good for science
Proposed over 2000 years ago by Democritus, the word atom literally means uncuttable. Revived in 1803, today's "atoms" can indeed be split.
Ethan Siegel
Two colorful, semi-transparent spheres, one blue and one red, represent a possible top quark bound state, toponium, surrounded by small particles inside a cloudy, circular enclosure.
Starts With A Bang
The top quark isn’t a loner after all: “toponium” is real!
Can the top quark, the shortest-lived particle of all, bind with anything else? Yes it can! New results at the LHC demonstrate toponium exists.
Ethan Siegel
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