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The First Particle Physics Evidence of Physics Beyond the Standard Model?

StartsWithABang writes It's the holy grail of modern particle physics: discovering the first smoking-gun, direct evidence for physics beyond the Standard Model. Sure, there are unanswered questions and unsolved puzzles, ranging from dark matter to the hierarchy problem to the strong-CP problem, but there's no experimental result clubbing us over the head that can't be explained with standard particle physics. That is, the physics of the Standard Model in the framework of quantum field theory. Or is there? Take a look at the evidence from the muon's magnetic moment, and see what might be the future of physics.

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  1. Annoying header graphics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I hate it when I open a page, it just starts with a huge image, and you have to scroll down to the actual stuff.