Tevatron discovers new particle.

[Park Life 71]

Physicists will announce Wednesday that data from a major US atom smasher lab may have revealed a new elementary particle, or potentially a new force of nature, one of the researchers told AFP.

 

The discovery is believed to relate to mass and how objects obtain it -- a persistent riddle to experts and one of the most sought-after answers in all of physics.

 

"There could be some new force beyond the force that we know," said Giovanni Punzi, a physicist with the international research team that is analyzing the data.

 

"If it is confirmed, it could point to a whole new world of interactions," he told AFP.

 

While much remains a mystery, one thing researchers agree on is that this is something beyond the "God Particle," or the Higgs-boson, a hypothetical elementary particle which has long eluded physicists who believe it could explain why objects have mass.

 

"The Higgs boson is a piece that goes into the puzzle that we already have," said Punzi. "Whereas this is something that goes a little bit beyond that -- a new interaction, a new force."

 

For more than a year physicists have been studying what appears to be a "bump" in the data from the US Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, which operates the powerful particle accelerator Tevatron.

 

 

 

http://news.discovery.com/space/tevatron-f...ery-110406.html

[Toonpack 10399]

Tevatron eh? deffo a baddies name that, have we got a good particle accelerator to fend him off ??

[Phil 6]

Sounds like they are trying to justify their budget.

[@yourservice 67]

I wonder if John knows about this?

[Toonpack 10399]

Sounds like they are trying to justify their budget.

 

Are you just having a peek into that can of worms or are you going to take the lid right off ??

[Park Life 71]

I wonder if John knows about this?

 

Ha ha..Not many are aware of that story.

[Holden McGroin 6924]

I wonder if John knows about this?

 

Ha ha..Not many are aware of that story.

 

I'd love if it the Titor story was true. It isn't though, obviously.

[Billy Castell 0]

It's a pretty well written hoax though, with a whole load of detail about 'the future'. The fact John posted on a few sites over a short space of time, including a long-defunct message board just adds to it all. Sort of like that 'Phillidelphia Experiment' that allegedly took place in the 1940's.