Physicists May Have Stumbled Upon an Entirely New Elementary Particle

[rebewranger]

Physicists May Have Stumbled Upon an Entirely New Elementary Particle
Caroline Delbert - Yesterday 4:31 PM
 

 
An experiment deep underground hopes to explain the gallium anomaly.

The gallium anomaly dates back 20 years to a confusing experimental finding.

The answer could represent a fundamental shift, or it could be a theorized new particle.

Physicists are spelunking the complex findings from an experimental particle reactor found a mile below the surface in the mountains of Russia. What they found has the potential to send an earthquake through the bedrock of the standard model of physics itself: the results could confirm a new elementary particle, called a “sterile neutrino,” or demonstrate a need to revise a portion of the standard model.

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[rebewranger]

I'd have thought for sure they would have named it the Biden in appreciation and dedication for real science.

[DefiantMassRINO]

So, scientists have been wrong for decades?

[Smokin Joe]

So, scientists have been wrong for decades?

But the theory worked fine--in theory.

[Kamaji]

So, scientists have been wrong for decades?

Not really.  Scientists have always known the Standard Model wasn't complete and without flaw, so being able to resolve one of those flaws is precisely how science works.

[Bigun]

Not really.  Scientists have always known the Standard Model wasn't complete and without flaw, so being able to resolve one of those flaws is precisely how science works.

Or, in other words, science is NEVER settled!

[Kamaji]

Or, in other words, science is NEVER settled!

Yes.  That being said, some parts are more settled than others.  I'll go out on a limb and say that the existence of the electron is pretty well settled.

[Bigun]

Yes.  That being said, some parts are more settled than others.  I'll go out on a limb and say that the existence of the electron is pretty well settled.

But earth's weather most assuredly is not!

[Kamaji]

But earth's weather most assuredly is not!

Agreed.

[DefiantMassRINO]