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Neutrinos, Muons and the Standard Model

Posted by michael on from the lions-and-tigers-and-neutrinos-oh-my dept.

scorp1us writes: "I can't believe I haven't seen this posted yet. Apparently experiments in particle physics aren't holding to theory. The result: a search for a new form of energy or matter. Read about it in the Post. No wonder witches weigh as much as a duck."

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  1. Your logic escapes me. by Keith+Mickunas · · Score: 3, Funny

    Witches weigh as much as a duck because they're both made out of wood. Everybody knows that.

  2. A "high" powered "particle" beam? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Peter Meyers, a professor of physics at Princeton University who was not part of the research team, said the finding is the "sort of crack" that "has been sought for many, many years."

    Great. It looks like it's not just the moderators, then.

  3. Hmmm, if the laws of physics keep changing... by Slipped_Disk · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe I'll win that bet I made with my highschool physics professor that I could break at least one before I die! :)

    Seriously though, this is cool stuff, I'd read the actual paper when it gets published but I'm sure I'd drown in a see of evil mathematics.

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  4. What should they name it? by almightyjustin · · Score: 2, Funny

    I propose "cowboynealon"...

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  5. So that's why they call 'em High energy physicists by Johnny+Vector · · Score: 3, Funny
    From the Post article:
    Peter Meyers, a professor of physics at Princeton University who was not part of the research team, said the finding is the "sort of crack" that "has been sought for many, many years."

    I am always wary of results obtained by any physicists who have spent years and years seeking any sort of crack.

    (Sorry about that)

  6. Re:/me applauds. by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 3, Funny

    The scientists found a descrepancy with the Standard Model because they are in league with the Devil. Burn them! Burn them!

    Er, what were you saying?

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  7. There is a simple explanation... by Hal-9001 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...for why the experiments don't agree with the theory. In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is...

    Anyhow, if the results of all experiments had to agree with theory, undergraduate physics labs would have disproved all the laws of physics a long time ago... :-p

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  8. My daughter has the answer! by infinite9 · · Score: 4, Funny

    My nine-year-old daughter and I were having a discussion about a month ago. She was studying the bohr model of the atom in her science class. I became interested when she started talking about the nucleus. So I asked, "which particles are inside the nucleus?" She didn't know so I described protons and neutrons. Then I asked, "which particles are outside the nucleus?" She thought for a minute and said, "Croutons?"

    My wife and I laughed for about a half hour, since she always steals the croutons from our salads at restaurants.

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  9. But who gets the patent? by 3seas · · Score: 2, Funny

    Geee, maybe I can patent it.

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  10. what have they been smoking? by option8 · · Score: 3, Funny

    what have these guys been smoking? oh yeah, here it is in the article:

    "Peter Meyers, a professor of physics at Princeton University who was not part of the research team, said the finding is the "sort of crack" that "has been sought for many, many years."

    that explains it all to me...

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