Upsilon meson
# Upsilon meson

The Upsilon meson ( ϒ ) is a quarkonium state (i.e. flavourless meson) formed from a bottom quark and its antiparticle. It was discovered by the E288 experiment team, headed by Leon Lederman, at Fermilab in 1977, and was the first particle containing a bottom quark to be discovered because it is the lightest that can be produced without additional massive particles. It has a lifetime of $1.21×10^{−20}$ s and a mass about 9.46 $GeV/c^2$ in the ground state.

