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Cern experiment hints at new force of nature

Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva have spotted an unusual signal in their data that may be the first hint of a new kind of physics.

The LHCb collaboration analysed 10 years of data on how unstable particles called B mesons, created momentarily in the vast machine, decayed into more familiar matter such as electrons.

The mathematical framework that underpins scientists’ understanding of the subatomic world firmly maintains that the particles should break down into products that include electrons at exactly the same rate as they do into products that include a heavier cousin of the electron, a particle called a muon.

But results released by Cern on Tuesday suggest that something unusual is happening. The B mesons are not decaying in the way the model says they should: instead of producing electrons and muons at the same rate, nature appears to favour the route that ends with electrons.

Ben Allanach, a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Cambridge, agrees that taken together with other findings, the latest LHCb result is exciting. “There could be a new quantum force that makes the B mesons break up into muons at the wrong rate. This force could help explain the peculiar pattern of different matter particles’ masses.”

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/23/large-hadron-collider-scientists-particle-physics

I've no idea what any of it means but it all sounds exciting.

And you heard it first on The New Hall of the Wendigo.

But what are the existing four known forces?

Gravity?
Electro-magnetism?
What else?

The Strong nuclear force - responsible for "binding" sub atomic particles together
The Weak nuclear force - responsible for particle decay

The four known forces are:

1) Chafing
2) Barging
3) Passive aggression
4) Sarcasm

These are the scientific facts.

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:

And you heard it first on The New Hall of the Wendigo.

Actually I heard it first on the BBC World Service news 2 days ago.

You can subscribe to the CERN courier magazine free of charge.....both Positive and Negative (little joke there)
Either have it delivered (free postage) or just the digital copy.
I keep meaning to leave my old copies at the Dentist and see if anyone reads them.
https://cerncourier.com/p/magazine/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=ppc&utm_campaign=CC&gclid=CjwKCAjw6fCCBhBNEiwAem5SO5a04ShUIiNZA40tD715c9s6iihmY-uzfeq4Do6n-ABL-lc1tZwv8BoCIusQAvD_BwE

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:

Yeah, it's like nobody's listening to my expert opinions either.

Experiment at Fermilab hints at (another) 5th force of nature.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/56643677

And from the scientists themselves.