The BaBar experiment at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory stopped data collection earlier this year, but fantastic results will continue to come from the data for years to come. More than 300 BaBar scientists from around the world came to celebrate the end of data collection at a symposium held at Stanford University, home of SLAC.
symmetry writer Calla Cofield went to the symposium to speak with some of the scientists about their experiences with BaBar. See that video here.
You can read more about one of the major BaBar results released in 2008, the discovery of the bottom-most bottomonium, in the current print issue of symmetry. You can also read Calla's interview with the elusive eta sub b particle.