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Physicists offer theories to explain mysterious collision at Large Hadron Collider
phys.org ^
| 01/08/2016
Posted on 01/11/2016 8:27:20 AM PST by BenLurkin
Physicists around the world were puzzled recently when an unusual bump appeared in the signal of the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator, causing them to wonder if it was a new particle previously unknown, or perhaps even two new particles. The collision cannot be explained by the Standard Model, the theoretical foundation of particle physics.
Adam Martin, assistant professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame, said he and other theoretical physicists had heard about the results before they were released on Dec. 15, and groups began brainstorming, via Skype and other ways, about what the bump could mean if confirmed; a long shot, but an intriguing one. He and some collaborators from Cincinnati and New York submitted a pre-peer-review paper that appeared on arXiv.org on Dec. 23.
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The paper considers four possible explanations for the data, including the possibility that it could indicate a heavier version of the Higgs boson. Further research could yield mundane explanations, Martin says, and the excitement could fade as it has many times in his career. Or it could open up new insights and call for new models.
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: hadroncollider; largehadroncollider
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posted on
01/11/2016 8:27:20 AM PST
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin; Salamander
The answer is a new particle I discovered last week in my kitchen.
It appeared in the frying pan while I was preparing an egg sandwich.
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posted on
01/11/2016 8:31:44 AM PST
by
shibumi
(Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
01/11/2016 8:32:02 AM PST
by
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
To: BenLurkin
A collision in a collider....how unexpected :)
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posted on
01/11/2016 8:32:05 AM PST
by
Magnum44
(I dissent)
To: BenLurkin
Bump? It's a Higgs bison?
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
01/11/2016 8:34:27 AM PST
by
TADSLOS
(A Ted Cruz Happy Warrior! GO TED!)
To: BenLurkin; Salamander
Maybe the new particle will explain why this
physicist has a hand growing out of his armpit.
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posted on
01/11/2016 8:37:37 AM PST
by
shibumi
(Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way)
To: BenLurkin
they gonna create black hole on the earth an its gonna suck us all in
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posted on
01/11/2016 8:37:54 AM PST
by
ichabod1
(Spriiingtime for islam, and tyranny. Winter for US and frieeends. . .)
To: shibumi
Where is Homer Simpson working these days?
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posted on
01/11/2016 8:38:26 AM PST
by
The Duke
( Azealia Banks)
To: The Duke
Right Here -
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posted on
01/11/2016 8:39:42 AM PST
by
shibumi
(Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way)
To: BenLurkin
Has none of these genius’s figured out yet... that no matter how small something is... you can always break it into something smaller?
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posted on
01/11/2016 8:40:38 AM PST
by
TexasFreeper2009
(You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, & R)
To: shibumi
To: TexasFreeper2009
by the heisenberg uncertainty principle you may be creating smaller particles just by looking for them,
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posted on
01/11/2016 8:46:16 AM PST
by
ichabod1
(Spriiingtime for islam, and tyranny. Winter for US and frieeends. . .)
To: eCSMaster
I am saddened to report that I am unable to find that there has been a naval vessel named “USS Higgs”. Comedic opportunity- lost.
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posted on
01/11/2016 8:47:18 AM PST
by
Riley
(The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
To: shibumi
But what’s the effect on a flux capacitor?
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posted on
01/11/2016 8:47:35 AM PST
by
libertylover
(The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
To: BenLurkin
It is just the portal to hell they are opening there....
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posted on
01/11/2016 8:47:53 AM PST
by
GraceG
(Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
To: BenLurkin
the excitement could fade as it has many times Kicks just keep getting harder to find.
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posted on
01/11/2016 8:48:49 AM PST
by
MUDDOG
To: Larry Lucido
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posted on
01/11/2016 8:55:23 AM PST
by
shibumi
(Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way)
To: eCSMaster
The Higgs bison pharts photons.
To: BenLurkin
It’s a new particle. They’ve named it the Hiccup Boson.
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posted on
01/11/2016 9:30:06 AM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism. It is incompatible with real freedom.)
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