Results from the Large Hadron Collider hint at a particle that doesn’t fit the laws of physics. This means that researchers could be very close to finding a FIFTH –previously unknown– fundamental force. The new particle is believed to be SIX times heavier than the Higgs boson particle.
Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider believe their results show hints of a bizarre particle, previously unknown to us, that doesn’t even fit in our laws of physics. This could prove to be evidence that a FIFTH fundamental force does in fact exist.
AS a matter of a fact, last December, data gathered by researchers at the LHC suggested there is a particle SIX times heavier than the Higgs particle. It does not fit into the Standard model of Particle Physics.
According to researchers, further testing is required which is why more ‘collisions’ will commence next month in order to obtain new data. Scientists believe they will have either the ultimate confirmation or refutation of its existence by summer of 2016.
Scientists believe this is the first indirect hint, that there are particles heavier than the Higgs Boson, particles which are unknown and unexplained by current models. This is why confirming its existence might lead towards the discovery of even more particles and even possibly a FIFTH fundamental force, which if discovered, could change everything we know about Physics.
Professor John Ellis, theoretical physicist at Kings College London told the Mail Online in an interview: ‘it would be something completely beyond the Standard Model, and the tip of an iceberg of a large new set of particles if it exists.’
Two of the detectors, ATLAS and CMS, were used to look for new physics and did so by counting ‘particle decays’ that ended up in TWO photons
Researchers believe that this is a good way to push the limits of physics beyond the known because photons are easy to detect and scientists know exactly what to expect in terms of results of background events.
According to reports by the daily mail: ‘They both separately saw photons with a combined energy of 750 GeV.’
‘It weighs about 750 GeV, corresponding to about six times heavier than the Higgs boson, and almost 800 times heavier than the proton,’ said Professor Ellis.
It was a similar ‘bump’ that gave the first hints to the Higgs boson.
However, there is a difference between the Higgs Boson particle and the ‘new’ one. The existence of the Higgs boson particle was in fact predicted by standard models, but the new particle, if it exists, has not been predicted by the standard model which basically means it opens up a new and unexplored world for physicist to explore and could lead them towards the discovery of a set of previously unknown and unexplored particles, which in turn could change everything we know about physics.
Standard models propose that everything in the known universe is in fact made from the most basic building blocks, which scientists call ‘fundamental particles’. These fundamental particles are in turn governed by four main forces: gravity, electromagnetic, weak nuclear and strong nuclear.
Now, we will have to wait until next month for the new collision to occur at the LHC when we should have new data whether or not there is a FIFTH fundamental force.
Original Article:http://www.ewao.com/a/there-could-be-a-new-particle-that-doesnt-fit-the-laws-of-physics-say-scientists-from-the-large-hadron-collider/
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