WA89 experiment

The WA89 experiment was a scientific study conducted at CERN to investigate strange particles acquired from high-energy pion beams colliding with a target. It aimed to understand how these particles, such as hyperons, are produced and behave under extreme conditions. By analyzing the resulting particle interactions, researchers sought insights into the fundamental forces and the structure of matter, especially focusing on the role of strange quarks—one of the building blocks of matter—contributing to our knowledge of particle physics and the universe’s fundamental components.