FrankRep
04-06-2011, 02:03 PM
"If it is real, it would be the most significant discovery in physics in half a century."
US atom smasher may have found new force of nature (http://ca.news.yahoo.com/us-atom-smasher-may-found-force-nature-report-20110406-073624-567.html)
AFP News
April 6, 2011
Physicists will announce Wednesday that data from a major US atom smasher lab may have revealed a new elementary particle, or potentially a new force of nature, one of the researchers told AFP.
The discovery is believed to relate to mass and how objects obtain it -- a persistent riddle to experts and one of the most sought-after answers in all of physics.
"There could be some new force beyond the force that we know," said Giovanni Punzi, a physicist with the international research team that is analyzing the data.
"If it is confirmed, it could point to a whole new world of interactions," he told AFP.
While much remains a mystery, one thing researchers agree on is that this is something beyond the "God Particle," or the Higgs-boson, a hypothetical elementary particle which has long eluded physicists who believe it could explain why objects have mass.
"The Higgs-boson is a piece that goes into the puzzle that we already have," said Punzi. "Whereas this is something that goes a little bit beyond that -- a new interaction, a new force."
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US atom smasher may have found new force of nature (http://ca.news.yahoo.com/us-atom-smasher-may-found-force-nature-report-20110406-073624-567.html)
AFP News
April 6, 2011
Physicists will announce Wednesday that data from a major US atom smasher lab may have revealed a new elementary particle, or potentially a new force of nature, one of the researchers told AFP.
The discovery is believed to relate to mass and how objects obtain it -- a persistent riddle to experts and one of the most sought-after answers in all of physics.
"There could be some new force beyond the force that we know," said Giovanni Punzi, a physicist with the international research team that is analyzing the data.
"If it is confirmed, it could point to a whole new world of interactions," he told AFP.
While much remains a mystery, one thing researchers agree on is that this is something beyond the "God Particle," or the Higgs-boson, a hypothetical elementary particle which has long eluded physicists who believe it could explain why objects have mass.
"The Higgs-boson is a piece that goes into the puzzle that we already have," said Punzi. "Whereas this is something that goes a little bit beyond that -- a new interaction, a new force."
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