Bottom eta meson explained

Bottom eta meson
Num Types:1
Statistics:Bosonic
Group:Mesons
Interaction:Strong, weak, electromagnetic, gravity
Antiparticle:Self
Discovered:SLAC (2008)
Electric Charge:0 e
Spin:0
Isospin:0
Hypercharge:0
Parity:-1
C Parity:+1

The bottom eta meson or eta-b meson is a flavourless meson formed from a bottom quark and its antiparticle. It was first observed by the BaBar experiment at SLAC in 2008, and is the lightest particle containing a bottom and anti-bottom quark.

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References

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