LiveScience.com – Mon, Nov 12, 2012..
....An extremely rare particle measurement from the world's largest atom smasher could cast doubt on a popular theory about the fundamental building blocks of the universe, including dark matter.
Physicists from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Switzerland have measured a particular type of particle transformation for the first time, and found that it happens just about as often as predicted by the dominant theory of particle physics, called the Standard Model.
The measurement is just preliminary — the researchers haven't collected enough data to be positive what they're seeing isn't just a random occurrence. Still, the fact that the initial observations correspond so well with the Standard Model predictions isn't a hopeful sign for what scientists call "new physics," such as new particles not predicted by the Standard Model.
One of the most popular theories of new physics is the idea of "supersymmetry" — that all of the known subatomic particles have "superpartner" particles that haven't yet been observed. If these superpartners exist, they could help explain some persistent physics mysteries, such as the nature of dark matter, an invisible substance thought to make up a quarter of the universe. Scientists think dark matter may in fact be composed of supersymmetric particles that haven't yet been detected.
While the new measurement, reported today (Nov. 12) by physicists at the Large Hadron Collider's LHCb experiment, doesn't disprove this idea, it doesn't support it, either. [Photos: The World's Largest Atom Smasher (LHC)]
"Many new physics theories receive a hard blow by the very good match between Standard Model prediction and observed rate," particle physicist Tommaso Dorigo, who works on a separate experiment at the Large Hadron Collider called CMS, wrote today on his blog.
Rarest ever seen
The LHCb scientists reported that they'd observed signs of particles called B_s ("B-sub-S") mesons, which are made of a bottom anti-quark bound to a strange quark ("bottom" and "strange" are two flavors of quarks, and anti-quarks are the antimatter partner particles of normal matter quarks), decaying into two particles called muons.
For complete story:
http://news.yahoo.com/rare-particle-may-cast-doubt-popular-physics-theory-231222817.html
Since 2006 I have written several articles about the CERN project in Europe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider
A few of my articles were focused on what would happen if a man-made mini-black hole suddenly had a life of it's own and started to grow. I've learned that IF a mini-black hole is created that it exists for a very short period of time....like in the millisecond range. I've also learned that the people involved have no idea what will happen if it lasts longer than a millisecond.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole
Since the story above is about NEW MATTER being created at the CERN project I thought it would be interesting to share a journal piece I wrote in 2002 and a drawing that I created.
6-16-2002
1000 physicists worldwide are dedicated participants in the effort to fashion the ultimate theory of the Universe.
General Relativity vs Quantum Mechanics
Large scale (Einstein) vs Small scale (Quantum)
PREMISE
They cannot both be right
or
can they?
My guess is they both must work for anything to work
QUARKS were named, or discovered, in 1968 at Stanford University by
Murray Gell-Mann
Up Quarks
&
Down Quarks
A Proton has 2 up-quarks and 1 down-quark
A Neutron has 2 down-quarks and 1 up-quark
PHYSICAL REALITY APPEARS TO BE MADE FROM
A COMBINATION
OF
ELECTRONS
&
UP-QUARKS
&
DOWN-QUARKS
THEN ADD NEUTRINOS AND
WHAM!!!!!!!!!
Neutrinos were presented in the early 1930's by Wolfgang Pauli
and lately WE add
Charm Strange
bottom and top
and then
add
TAU
and muons-neutrinos
and tau-neutrinos
and
electron-neutrinos and the bottom line is
FAMILIES
HOW MANY FAMILIES ARE THERE?
THE CALABI-YAU SPACE IS SIX DIMENSIONAL SHAPE
SIX DIMENSIONAL SHAPE ON A TWO DIMENSIONAL PIECE OF PAPER
GOOD LUCK!
and then a NEO-ILLUMINATION APPEARED AT THIS MOMENT IN THE JOURNAL
"THE SHAPE OF NON-PHYSICAL REALITY
HAS MORE THAN A FEW QUARKS AT THE
CORE.........WAY MORE.
and
color might have something to do with the most basic reality
both
physical
and
non-physical
The one thing I know for certain is that reality keeps changing
and everybody knows that exact same thing
it might be the main thing that artists and physicists have in common.
RECORD STATISTICS
OBSERVE OBVIOUS FACTS
INCLUDE INTANGIBLES
DON'T BE GREEDY
PREDICT THE RESULTS"
end of journal entry
I'm just trying to explain that NEW MATTER isn't really new just because WE haven't seen it yet.
Michael Timothy McAlevey
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