New particle found at Fermilab? Controversy is brewing.

Friday | November 7, 2008

Here is the link to the blog posting at Discovery Magazine.

Strange things are afoot at the Tevatron particle collider at Fermilab, and the aging U.S. particle smasher is getting an unexpected moment in the spotlight while physicists wait for the repairs of the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. Researchers say experiments at the Tevatron have produced particles that they are unable to explain using the standard model of physics, and say it’s possible that they’ve detected a previously unknown particle. If the result does turn out to be due to some unexpected new process, it would be the most significant discovery in particle physics for decades [Physics World].

Cool.  That would definitely be interesting.  Something tells me that we’re on the cusp of a breakthrough.  Just “feels” like it.  Something that will radically change how we think about reality.  Well, at least the way that people who think will think about reality. ;-)

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