Identity-fluid particles may carry some energy out, leading to direct collapse. Our basic understanding of core-collapse supernovae hasn’t changed in […]
Category: particle physics
What happens when quantum mechanics and relativity meet?
Experiment put atoms in a superposition of trajectories to find out. How do you get two quantum states to interfere […]
Have physicists finally discovered glueballs? New evidence points to yes.
Physicists with the Beijing Spectrometer III (BES III) experiment have uncovered convincing new evidence of the existence of so-called glueballs, […]
What happens when you try to chop a photon in half?
A mirror that moves mid-photon could release a shower of new photons. A photon is a single particle of light, […]
Physicists think they’ve solved the muon mystery
Skip to content Standard Model still holding strong Results dash hopes for a fifth force but provide very precise proof […]
Physicists think they’ve resolved the proton size puzzle
“We believe this is the final nail in the coffin of the proton radius puzzle.” Image of a hydrogen atom’s […]