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FCNC b ’Decays May Be Prime
Author(s) -
HOU GEORGE WEISHU,
STUART ROBIN G.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1989.tb50615.x
Subject(s) - glory , contest , repetition (rhetorical device) , physics , particle physics , quark , prime (order theory) , type (biology) , psychology , linguistics , philosophy , combinatorics , mathematics , theology , biology , quantum mechanics , ecology
Calling the fourth family quarks “ b ” and “t'” shows a lack of imagination on the part of particle physicists, and to some it shows that the authors using such names do not really believe in them (or, maybe it indicates that the fourth family is rather special; e.g. it may be the end of the notion of “family repetition’as we know it). However, I hope I have made good use of it in the title. Personally, I would like to call the fourth u ‐type quark “Glory” and the fourth d ‐type quark “Humor,” for obvious reasons. Maybe we should start a naming contest in this natural setting of the second reunion of fourth family workers….