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by jfengel 2169 days ago
tl;dr: It's a tetraquark, not a fundamental particle. We've seen tetraquarks before, just not one made out of four charmed particles. And it's not 100% clear that it's actually a tetraquark rather than two mesons.

Better link: https://home.cern/news/news/physics/lhcb-discovers-new-type-...