The new result from the LHCB experiment challenges the leading theory of physics

The LHCB collaboration at CERN has found particles that do not behave in accordance with the guiding principle of particle physics.

The standard model of particle physics predicts that particles known as aesthetic kvax, as measured in the LHCB experiment, should decompose into either mun or electrons of equal size. However, the new result suggests that this may not be the case, which could point to the existence of new particles or interactions that are not explained by the standard model.

Physicists at Imperial College London and the universities of Bristol and Cambridge led the analysis of the data to bring this result, with funding from the Faculty of Science and Technology Fac G.C. The result was announced today at the Morienad Electroviack Physics Conference and published as a print edition.

Beyond the standard model

The Standard Model Dell is the current best theory of particle physics, describing our known fundamental particles that form our universe and the forces that interact with them.

However, the standard model cannot explain some of the deeper mysteries of modern physics, including what constitutes dark matter and the imbalance of matter and antimatter in the universe.

Researchers have discovered particles that behave differently than expected from the standard model, to help explain some of these mysteries.

“We were really excited before we saw the results, we were excited. Our hearts were beating a little faster,” said Mitesh Patel, a leading physicist behind the measurements from Imperial’s physics department.

“It’s too early to say whether this is a deviation from the actual norm but the potential effects are such that these results are the most compelling thing I’ve done in the field in 20 years. It’s been a long journey to get here.”

Building blocks of nature

Today’s results were created by the LHCb experiment, one of the four giant particle detectors in CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

The LHC is the world’s largest and most powerful particle cladder – it breaks subtomic particles into each other, accelerating to almost the speed of light. This collision explodes new particles, which physicists then record and study to better understand the basic building blocks of nature.

The updated measurement questions the laws of nature that allow electrons and their heavier cousins, the munes, to behave similarly except for small differences due to their different masses.

According to the standard model, munes and electrons interact with all forces in the same way, so the beauty quark electrons created in the LHCB should decay in munus as often as they like.

But these new criteria suggest that decay can occur at different rates, indicating particles never seen before tipping the scales away from the muns.

Royal Ph.D. Student Daniel Moises, who first announced the result at the Morionand Electrovik Physics Conference, said:

“If this is confirmed by further criteria, it has an impact on our understanding of nature at its basic level.”

Not a predictable conclusion

In particle physics, the gold standard for detection is five standard deviations – meaning that the probability of fluke in the result is 1 in 3.5 million. The result is three deviations – i.e. 1 in 1000. It is still possible that the measurement is a statistical coincidence. So it is too early to make a definite decision.

Dr .. Michael McCann, who also played a key role in the royal team, said: “We know there must be new particles to discover, because our current understanding of the universe has been shortened in so many ways, we don’t know that what% of the universe is made up of, or why there is such a big imbalance between matter and opposites, or we can’t understand the patterns in the properties of the particles we know about.

“While we will have to wait for the confirmation of these results, I hope we will one day see this as a turning point in the focus, where we began to answer some of these basic questions.”

Now in collaboration with the LHCB to collect more data and analyze and further verify their results, to see if there is any evidence left for some new phenomenon. After the LHCB experiment detector upgrade, it will start collecting new data next year.