‘God Does Not Play Dice’ (Or does He? possible discovery of a new particle has Physics buzzing)

Wall Street Journal ^ | Dec. 27, 2015 | Robbert Dijkgraaf

[presidio9]

It was the perfect holiday surprise. On Dec. 15 the latest results from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland were announced, after early rumors had physicists buzzing. A signal in the data suggests a discovery that no one predicted: a possible new particle several times heavier than the Higgs boson.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

[Paladin2]

Dust build-up @ CERN spins into new strings?

[presidio9]

ping

[Williams]

I miss the connection to the Einstein quote. But interesting.

[Starstruck]

If confirmed, such a particle could turn the current theoretical models upside-down.

Settled science once again becomes unsettled.

[I want the USA back]

I’m kinda tired of all these new particles, each one promising to turn the world of physics upside down.

It can’t be very stable, if the image of a particle with an unexpected velocity, spin, force and/or angle upsets it and has physicists’ heads spinning.

Either the model is way off, or these particles are just a flash in the pan.

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[Billthedrill]

Or, as Niels Bohr replied, “Oh, Albert, stop telling God what to do with his dice.”

[shibumi]

"Either the model is way off, or these particles are just a flash in the pan."

Or ... it could be that you simply can't model what isn't there.

[tumblindice]

Funk House Fever

But baby, baby, there’s fever in the funk house now.
This low down bitchin’ got my poor feet a itchin’,
Don’t you know you know the duece is still wild.
Baby, I can’t stay, you got to roll me
And call me the tumblin’ dice.

[AustinBill]

I miss the connection to the Einstein quote. But interesting.

There's absolutely no connection, but the popular press likes sensational headlines.

It's pretty clear that that so-called standard model is far from the elegant framework that physics has long sought. It's a collection of ever-expanding ornaments and flying buttresses that sort-of manages to hold together in a workable manner. But it's desperately in need of a deeper theory to clear away the clutter.

[presidio9]

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I heard is as “Einstein, who are you to tell God what to do?”

[tumblindice]

[Shark24]

Here’s a more skeptical report:

http://www.science20.com/a_quantum_diaries_survivor/the_750_gev_diphoton_bump_what_it_cannot_be-162715

Author has a sense of humor too!

[UCANSEE2]

OR.... it might just be proof that when you slam together particles at insanely high speeds, you get weird and unexpected stuff.

[momincombatboots]

I had some Cheetos dust peak on my mass spec one evening.. Oops.

[presidio9]

Actually, there's your proof that God does indeed play dice at least occasionally.