[Moonman62]

More trouble with neutrinos.

[Moonman62]

Help, please. Could this be because of a supersymmetric particle?

[Free the USA]

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[PatrickHenry]

Neutrinos never bother me, so I try not to bother them. But just what's the problem here? Are we getting more interactions than anticipated? Or fewer? And whichever it is, what are the likely explanations?

[Physicist]

That article was almost information-free. Here's a better one.

A three sigma effect is impressive in just about any branch of science except precision electroweak measurements. I strongly hope that this result is borne out--we've been waiting for chinks in the armor of the Standard Model--but I'd like to see this verified by a method with different systematics, similar to the way the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory complements the (late, lamented) Super-KamiokaNDE experiment.

Offhand, I don't know what sort of theories this result favors. It doesn't seem likely that this is an indication of supersymmetry, because I don't see how it could affect neutrinos but not other currents.