Government Physics Experiment Suggests Something Unknown Is Influencing Reality - Motherboard

Unlike the Higgs-Boson, muons are old hat for particle physicists. Back in 2001 scientists observed something weird about muons, and now they've reproduced the high strangeness and are more certain the strangeness is real rather than an artifact, opening the door to potentially new physics according to Becky Ferreira. Better yet, in 18 months perhaps that 4.2 sigma result will be a 5 or better. What does it all mean? The Standard Model may finally be replaced! Meanwhile an editorial over at The Guardian wonders "Have We Got The Model Wrong?" Gravity, dark matter, and other forces suggest the Standard Model is far from complete but the cracks are really starting to show. On the other hand, Ethan Siegel makes a point as to Why You Should Doubt "New Physics" From The Latest Muon g-2 Results. It all comes down to how our universe isn't entirely relativistic nor entirely quantum mechanical, or so many believe right now, and the intrinsic instability of muons and... Google Translate? (CS)

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