Key to how universe works may have been discovered

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Jim1348 Send message Joined: 15 Nov 14 Posts: 602 Credit: 24,371,321 RAC: 0	Message 44536 - Posted: 23 Mar 2021, 15:38:57 UTC The key to understanding how the universe works may have been discovered by scientists at the Large Hadron Collider, in a breakthrough hailed as the most exciting in 20 years. ..................... To find out what is going on, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider created particles known as Beauty Quarks which existed soon after the Big Bang but which decay quickly into electrons and muons, and now no longer exist in nature. But they discovered they are not behaving in the way they expected. Instead of decaying into electrons or quarks equally, as predicted by the Standard Model, far more electrons are produced. It suggests never-before-seen particles or forces are tipping the scales away from muons. Dr Mitesh Patel, from the Department of Physics at Imperial College, and one of the leading physicists behind the measurement, said: “We were actually shaking when we first looked at the results, we were that excited. Our hearts did beat a bit faster. “It’s too early to say if this genuinely is a deviation from the Standard Model but the potential implications are such that these results are the most exciting thing I’ve done in 20 years in the field. It has been a long journey to get here.” https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2021/03/23/key-universe-works-may-have-discovered/ You will need a subscription. Maybe someone can find an open version. ID: 44536 · Reply Quote

djoser Send message Joined: 30 Aug 14 Posts: 145 Credit: 10,847,070 RAC: 0	Message 44539 - Posted: 23 Mar 2021, 16:58:50 UTC - in response to Message 44536. Thanks for sharing! I'd really like to see the LHCb subproject come back here in the future. Fingers crossed... Why mine when you can research? - GRIDCOIN - Real cryptocurrency without wasting hashes! https://gridcoin.us ID: 44539 · Reply Quote

Ray Murray Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 29 Sep 04 Posts: 281 Credit: 11,859,285 RAC: 0	Message 44543 - Posted: 25 Mar 2021, 8:20:43 UTC - in response to Message 44536. Freely available version from Cern's own news pages https://home.cern/news/news/physics/intriguing-new-result-lhcb-experiment-cern ID: 44543 · Reply Quote

Jim1348 Send message Joined: 15 Nov 14 Posts: 602 Credit: 24,371,321 RAC: 0	Message 44584 - Posted: 28 Mar 2021, 16:08:26 UTC - in response to Message 44543. Looking towards the future, the LHCb experiment is well placed to clarify the potential existence of new physics effects hinted at in the decays presented today. The LHCb experiment is expected to start collecting new data next year following an upgrade to the detector. https://home.cern/news/news/physics/intriguing-new-result-lhcb-experiment-cern I hope they can upgrade their servers too in order to send us the work. ID: 44584 · Reply Quote

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