Mark Liberman in Neutral Xi_b^star, Xi(b)^{*0}, Ξb*0, whatever at Language Log reports semantically diverse christenings of the same new subatomic particle.
I count eight or nine distinct names in Liberman’s report.
How many do you see?
This is just days after its discovery at the CERN.
Largely in the scientific literature. (It will get far worse if you include non-technical literature. Is non-technical literature/discussion relevant?)
Question for science librarians:
How many names for this new subatomic particle will you use in searches?