Slashdot Mirror
Supersymmetry Theory Dealt a Blow
Dupple writes in with some news from the team at the Large Hadron Collider. "Researchers at the Large Hadron Collider have detected one of the rarest particle decays seen in Nature. The finding deals a significant blow to the theory of physics known as supersymmetry. Many researchers had hoped the LHC would have confirmed this by now. Supersymmetry, or SUSY, has gained popularity as a way to explain some of the inconsistencies in the traditional theory of subatomic physics known as the Standard Model. The new observation, reported at the Hadron Collider Physics conference in Kyoto, is not consistent with many of the most likely models of SUSY. Prof Chris Parke, who is the spokesperson for the UK Participation in the LHCb experiment, told BBC News: 'Supersymmetry may not be dead but these latest results have certainly put it into hospital.'"
First it was the Novell acquisition, then the Microsoft licensing... when will it end?
Not to be confused with PUSY, which is still a mystery to most people here...
these are not the particles you're looking for
Can anyone explain some of the implications of this finding, for all the non-physicists on Slashdot?
It's going to be a hell of a lot harder to reroute tachyon particles through the main deflector dish.
See? Your science doesn't have all the answers.
Have gnu, will travel.