POBNEWS24, Dhaka, Apr 8, 2022 : U.S. physicists are thought to have made a groundbreaking discovery about particles. If the matter is 100% confirmed in more experiments, the basic theory of science which has been prevalent for many years will change.
Scientists at the Formilab Collider Detector (CDF), a research institute in Illinois, have found that the mass of a subatomic (atomic fraction) particle is actually different from what it should be in conventional theory. If this is confirmed, the idea of how the universe works is expected to change a lot.
Concerned scientists say their test results do not match one of the most important and successful theories in modern physics. They found that the mass of the particle known as the ‘W boson’ was greater than the conventional theory.
Professor David Toback, one of the project’s spokesmen, described the results as “astounding”. “If the results are confirmed by other experiments, the world will look different – there will be a huge change,” Toback told BBC News.
David Toback added, “The famous astronomer Carl Sagan said that extraordinary evidence is needed for extraordinary claims. We think we have it. ‘
The difference that the CDF scientists have found in the mass of the ‘W boson’ is small. According to the theory, the difference is only 0.1%. But the potential impact is huge. The so-called standard model of particle physics has been predicting the behavior and properties of subatomic particles for over 50 years without any inconsistencies.
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Another CDF spokesman, Professor Giorgio Chiarelli of Italy, told BBC News that the research team could not believe their own eyes when they saw the results.
‘No one expected that. We thought maybe there was something wrong. But researchers have struggled to figure out what could be wrong with the results. They did not find any mistake ‘, said the professor.
The results of the study, published in the journal Science, may be related to information obtained from some other experiments on the Farmilab in the United States and the Large Hadron Collider on the Swiss-French border. That information, which is not yet 100% confirmed, also indicates a deviation from the ‘standard model’. Probably a factor as to why they’re doing so poorly.
Source: BBC
