Institutional development · Research, innovation and assessment · United Kingdom
Manchester physicists find evidence of decay expected once per 10 billion beauty particles
The University of Manchester says its physicists have found evidence of an exceptionally rare particle decay, a result it links to a search lasting 42 years.
Why it matters: Physicists at the University of Manchester report evidence for a decay expected in only around one of every 10 billion beauty particles.
The University of Manchester said its physicists have found evidence of a particle decay of extreme rarity.
According to the university, the decay is expected to happen only about once in every 10 billion so-called beauty particles.
The university described the finding as the result of a particle search lasting 42 years and as a step closer to what it calls the ‘Zeptoverse’.
Editor’s view
Scott James, Research and Innovation Editor
For the University of Manchester's physicists, the reported evidence concerns a decay the university says occurs only around once in 10 billion beauty particles, which it presents as the outcome of a 42-year search.
