Tag Archives: Standard Model
Challenging the neutrino signal anomaly
A gentle reminder before we begin: you’re allowed to be interested in particle physics. 😉 Neutrinos are among the most mysterious particles in physics. They are extremely light, electrically neutral, and interact so weakly with matter that trillions of them … Continue reading
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Tagged Booster Neutrino Beamline, cosmic rays, Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, Fermilab, MicroBooNE, MiniBooNE, muons, neutrino oscillation, neutrinos, particle physics, SN 1987A, Standard Model, time projection chamber
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US experiments find hint of a break in the laws of physics
At 9 pm India time on April 7, physicists at an American research facility delivered a shot in the arm to efforts to find flaws in a powerful theory that explains how the building blocks of the universe work. Physicists … Continue reading
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Tagged anomalous magnetic dipole moment, dark energy, dark matter, Fermilab Muon g-2, g-2 anomaly, Higgs boson, Large Hadron Collider, LHCb, muon dipole moment, Muon g-2, neutrino masses, New Physics, particle physics, physics beyond the standard model, Standard Model, Standard Model of particle physics, supersymmetry
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Physics Nobel rewards neutrino work, but has sting in the tail for India
As neutrino astronomy comes of age, the Nobel Foundation has decided to award Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald with the physics prize for 2015 for their discovery of neutrino oscillations – a property which indicates that the fundamental particle has … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur B. McDonald, Bruno Pontecorvo, Department of Atomic Energy, IceCUBE neutrino observatory, India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO), Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO), Kolar Gold Fields, neutrino mass hierarchy, neutrino oscillations, neutrinos, Physics Nobel, Standard Model, Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector, Takaaki Kajita
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A new particle to break the Standard Model?
The Wire July 2, 2015 Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider particle-smasher have unearthed data from an experiment conducted in 2012 that shows signs of a new particle. If confirmed, its discovery could herald a new period of particle physics … Continue reading
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Tagged LHC, particle physics, Standard Model
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The hunt for supersymmetry: Reviewing the first run – 2
I’d linked to a preprint paper [PDF] on arXiv a couple days ago that had summarized the search for Supersymmetry (Susy) from the first run of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). I’d written to one of the paper’s authors, Pascal Pralavorio … Continue reading
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Tagged ATLAS detector, CERN, CMS detector, di-jet events, Large Hadron Collider, luminosity, Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model, probability, Standard Model, supersymmetry
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The hunt for supersymmetry: Reviewing the first run
What do dark matter, Higgs bosons, the electron dipole moment, topological superconductors and quantum loops have in common? These are exotic entities that scientists have been using to solve some longstanding problems in fundamental physics. Specifically, by studying these entities, they expect … Continue reading
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Tagged dark matter, electron dipole moment, Higgs boson, Large Hadron Collider, quantum loop, Standard Model, supersymmetry, topological superconductor
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The hunt for supersymmetry: Is a choke on the cards?
As scientists have progressed by leaps and bounds in making discoveries and confirming new ideas, they have been disappointed by how one of their favorite theories has been unable to post a positive status update in… years. Continue reading
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Tagged Advanced Cold Molecule Electron, bosons, dark matter, electron dipole moment, fermions, Higgs boson, Large Hadron Collider, mesons, particle physics, Project X, Standard Model, Steven Weinberg, superspace, supersymmetry
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Another window on ‘new physics’ closes
The Standard Model of particle physics is a theory that has been pieced together over the last 40 years after careful experiments. It accurately predicts the behaviour of various subatomic particles across a range of situations. Even so, it’s not … Continue reading
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Tagged B_s meson, CMS, LHCb, particle decay, particle physics, Standard Model, subatomic particles
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Where does the Higgs boson come from?
When the Chelyabinsk meteor – dubbed Chebarkul – entered Earth’s atmosphere at around 17 km/s, it started to heat up due to friction. After a point, cracks already present on the chunk of rock weighing 9,000-tonnes became licensed to widen and eventually … Continue reading
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Tagged electroweak interactions, Higgs boson, Higgs field, Nambu-Goldstone bosons, Standard Model
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