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Crack index in the Standard Model disappears in LHC data

Crack index in the Standard Model disappears in LHC data

A detector for the LHCb experiment under construction.Credit: Brice, Maximilian; CERN A once-promising clue to new physics from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s largest particle accelerator, has melted, dashing one of physicists’ best hopes for a major discovery. The apparent anomaly was an unexpected difference in the behavior of electrons and their more …

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A giant coronal mass ejection burst from the sun toward Venus on Sept. 5, 2022.

A mysterious shock wave from the sun opens a crack in the Earth’s magnetic field

A mysterious shock wave in a gust of solar wind sent a barrage of high-speed material shattering through Earth’s magnetic field, opening a crack in the magnetosphere. The plasma barrage could lead to a geomagnetic storm today (December 19), according to spaceweather.com. The origins of the shock wave are not exactly known, but scientists believe …

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