CERN’s Large Hadron Collidernear Geneva, Switzerland, have come up with the most convincing evidence yet for this exotic particle.
In one study, the authors reanalysed previous particledecay data while reducing their model’s assumptions. They showed at extremely high statistical significance that pentaquarks are needed to explain the data. In the second study, the researchers examined data from a particular kind of decay, finding that they are in line with predictions of decays involving pentaquarks.