Rade Posted May 21, 2010 Report Posted May 21, 2010 Well, what do people think about the new B Meson experiment findings concerning asymmetry in oscillations between matter & antimatter quarks ?: From Fermilab, a New Clue to Explain Human Existence? - NYTimes.com Is it the "New Physics" as suggested below ? Do we need to wait for LHC experiments at CERN to confirm (I mean, will CERN experiments even look for this effect ?). The observed preponderance is about 50 times what is predicted by the Standard Model, the suite of theories that has ruled particle physics for a generation, meaning that whatever is causing the B-meson to act this way is “new physics” that physicists have been yearning for almost as long. The pre-published results of the reported B Meson experiment (see link below) indicate more matter than antimatter at ~ 3 standard deviation greater than predicted by the current Standard Model of particle physics. http://www-d0.fnal.gov/Run2Physics/WWW/results/final/B/B10A/B10A.pdf == Now, for discussion, I would like to ask this question. If the current Standard Model cannot explain the B Meson experiment results--how must the model be changed ? Or, is the result such that a completely new model must be formed. I mean---can physicists save the Standard Model or is it now falsified ? Quote
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