Researchers have detected deviations in particle interactions that point to the existence of new bosons, fundamental particles that mediate forces in nature. The findings, published in Nature Reviews Physics, were made by a team led by Professors Andreas Crivellin and Bruce Mellado.
The team observed anomalies in the decay of multi-lepton particles at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). These anomalies suggest the presence of new bosons that could revolutionize our understanding of the universe.
Crivellin and Mellado’s research builds upon the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012, which was predicted decades earlier. The Higgs boson is a fundamental particle responsible for giving mass to other particles. Its discovery confirmed the Standard Model of particle physics, which describes the behavior of fundamental particles.
However, the Standard Model is incomplete and unable to explain many phenomena in nature. The new anomalies could be signs that the Standard Model breaks down, allowing us to discover new forces and particles beyond our current understanding.
The detection of new bosons would be a groundbreaking discovery, opening doors to observing new forces and understanding how matter is generated in the universe.
Source: https://phys.org/news/2024-08-deviations-particle-interactions-bosons.html