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Shock result in particle experiment could spark physics revolution (bbc.co.uk)
6 points by petercooper on April 7, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



> [...] found only a tiny difference in the mass of the W Boson compared with what the theory says it should be - just 0.1%. But if confirmed by other experiments, the implications are enormous. The so-called Standard Model of particle physics has predicted the behaviour and properties of sub-atomic particles with no discrepancies whatsoever for fifty years. Until now.

Is this true or sensational reporting? Wasn't the predicted mass of the Higgs boson far greater than discovered and amounted to no new physics?




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