Deep within the proton, a flicker of new physics?
At a Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron seminar, researches from the two particle detectors on DESY`s HERA accelerator reported that 3 years of smashing positrons - the antimatter counterpart of electrons - and protons together at high energy have produced a handful of collisions too hard or violent to be easily explained within the current theory of the fundamental structure of matter called the Standard Model. Now theorists, who have long speculated about particles an forces beyond the Standard Model, are discussing some tempting possibilities. This article summarizes those possibilities, including the first hint of a particle called a leptoquark, and the future of the research.
- OSTI ID:
- 468290
- Journal Information:
- Science, Journal Name: Science Journal Issue: 5304 Vol. 275; ISSN SCIEAS; ISSN 0036-8075
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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