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maeamian · 7 years

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One of the greatest injustices in the history of scientific naming is that the Top and Bottom quarks were nearly the Truth and Beauty quarks, but I can’t be too mad because it does mean there’s toponium and bottomonium, and that’s good for a chuckle or two.

#I still would have prefered truth and beauty #But there's solace to be taken here #It's definitely not one of the greatest injustices #But it is upsetting to me because we could have lived in that better world #And honestly we'd have Truthonium and Beautyonium so at best that portion is a lateral move #Charmonium is also a thing #Although apparently not strangeonium #Cause the light quark mesons aren't called quarkonium for reasons that probably make sense but I don't know em #Actually toponium doesn't exist either because the top quark decays too quickly to bond with its antiparticle #But if it ever did we'd have that name ready for it #Unless you're a particle physicist you probably don't need to worry about any of these specifics and can just enjoy the funny names

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