science news (subatomic physics), BBC article
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60993523
"The scientists at the Fermilab Collider Detector (CDF) in Illinois have found only a tiny difference in the mass of the W Boson compared with what the theory says it should be - just 0.1%. But if confirmed by other experiments, the implications are enormous. The so-called Standard Model of particle physics has predicted the behaviour and properties of sub-atomic particles with no discrepancies whatsoever for fifty years. Until now."
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
That's... That's big, right?
re: science news (subatomic physics), BBC article
@LexYeen I'm not going to demand independent confirmation too strongly, as i'm not 100% sure there are any other labs in the world with the capability to do that kind of measurement at the moment
but a confirmation to 5σ, or even just a few σ, would get us pretty interested
-F
re: science news (subatomic physics), BBC article
@Felthry Yeah, like... I'm not holding my breath until it's been independently confirmed.