Physicists believe that an unknown force could be acting on sub-atomic particles known as muons.
  • Lenguador@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    From Wikipedia: this is only a 1-sigma result compared to theory using lattice calculations. It would have been 5.1-sigma if the calculation method had not been improved.
    Many calculations in the standard model are mathematically intractable with current methods, so improving approximate solutions is not trivial and not surprising that we’ve found improvements.

    • slackassassin@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      11 months ago

      So what? I mean, not to be shitty, but this is important work that allows for this downplayed and pedantic take to even exist.

      Experimental verifications should be celebrated, and the fact that they’re not is the problem with the current state of science journalism.