Physicists offer theories to explain mysterious collision at Large Hadron Collider
Friday, January 8, 2016 - 18:25
in Physics & Chemistry
Physicists around the world were puzzled recently when an unusual bump appeared in the signal of the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator, causing them to wonder if it was a new particle previously unknown, or perhaps even two new particles. The collision cannot be explained by the Standard Model, the theoretical foundation of particle physics.