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The FINANCIAL A much-anticipated result from an international science experiment provides strong evidence for the existence of an undiscovered subatomic particle or new force. The result was announced today, from the Muon g-2 experiment at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. It provides tantalising evidence that the elementary particles called muons are not behaving in the way they are supposed to according to the leading theory of physics – the Standard Model, UKRI notes.
Scientists from the UK, funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council, have played a vital role in the g-2 experiment.
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Evidence of new physics in highly-anticipated g-2 results
A much-anticipated result from an international science experiment provides strong evidence for the existence of an undiscovered subatomic particle or new force.
The Muon g-2 ring sits in its detector hall amidst electronics racks, the muon beamline, and other equipment. This impressive experiment operates at negative 450 degrees Fahrenheit and studies the precession (or wobble) of muons as they travel through the magnetic field. Credit: Fermilab/Reidar Hahn
The result was yesterday announced, from the Muon g-2 experiment at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. It provides tantalising evidence that the elementary particles called muons are not behaving in the way they are supposed to according to the leading theory of physics – the Standard Model.
Scientists just reported new subatomic particle measurements that could break the Standard Model
This could be the biggest news in physics since the Higgs boson.
As muons race around a ring at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, their spin axes twirl, reflecting the influence of unseen particles. Credit: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
The Standard Model of particle physics explains how the basic building blocks of matter interact, governed by four fundamental forces. It’s basically our best theory of how the universe works and ever since it was first introduced in the 1970s, scientists have thrown everything they’ve got at it to see where it fails. It hasn’t cracked once but that may change in light of recent measurements of a subatomic particle known as the muon.
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