Science Ping!
Posted on 04/16/2014 7:00:40 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Scientists at CERN have confirmed the existence of a new 'exotic' particle
International team used the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) detector
The particle was first detected in 2007 but it has only now been confirmed
Dubbed Z(4430), the discovery challenges existing models of physics
It may also indicate that a new type of neutron star, a quark star, exists
In the early 1930s, scientists were fairly confident they understood subatomic physics.
That was until dozens of new elementary particles were discovered in the 1950s, forcing scientists to rewrite their models.
Now a new particle, first detected in 2007 but not confirmed until now, could send them back to the drawing board as they try to figure out what’s going on at a subatomic level.
This particular discovery delves into a particularly complex branch of physics.
It was made by physicists at the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) Collaboration at Cern in Geneva, Switzerland.
LHCb is a multinational experiment designed to identify new forces and particles in the universe....
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
In the early 1930s, scientists were fairly confident (meaning there was consensus) they understood subatomic physics.
The vague term ‘fairly confident’ needed definition in today’s modern language.
Considering that both big and small have no finite limits, there is no limit to the discoveries yet to be made.
If I had the bus fare I’d go down there and explain it to them. It is so simple.
/johnny
Absolutely.
Read as "it was settled science."
See the old movie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Shrinking_Man
The science is settled.
Thanks Al.
Silly title.
I cannot imagine particles writing anything. Only humans write.
Z(4430) causes global warming. >:->
What size Planck were you using as your cutting board?
That’s what makes it all so much fun. Matter is an emergent property of consciousness and consists of chosen observations in an infinite sea of potential. So the more we ‘know’ the more we ‘see’. But all we’re really doing is playing with the illusion while imagining we’re ‘discovering’ the things we’re making up.
/johnny
I hate those fudge factors.
Anti-quarks are just SO annoying.
I suppose humans are made out of particles :-)
Sheldon.......... Sheldon Cooper....... is that YOU?
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