Here is a more thorough discussion of the g-2 Fermi lab result as well as another unusual finding at LHCb. Muons appear in both experiments although each is measuring something different.
NEWS: What's up with Muons? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBzn4o4z5Bk Harry On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 11:12 AM H LV <hveeder...@gmail.com> wrote: > This article isn't giddy about the discrepancy. > > https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang > /2021/04/08/why-you-should-doubt-new-physics-from-the-latest-muon > -g-2-results/?sh=2317145b6c4b > > It seems there are two ways to calculate g-2. The older way is a more > indirect method that uses other experimental results. The newer way is > completely theory driven and gives results which are closer to the Fermi > Lab results. > > > Harry > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 9:12 PM Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > >> It is possible that whatever it is Cambridge may have found relative to >> muons also relates to surprisingly efficient muon production in the >> Holmlid/Norront reactor... apparently there is a mystery particle which >> affects muons in a previously unknown way ? >> >> BTW from their site, Norront have 3 muon reactors working in Norway and >> one in Sweden. >> >> Things are getting interesting... >> >> This whole UDD > muon thing may be near, or even gone past the proverbial >> "tipping point"... when we look back on it in a couple of years. >> >> Jones >> >> >> H LV wrote: >> >> PBS Space Time >> Why the Muon g-2 Results Are So Exciting! >> https://youtu.be/O4Ko7NW2yQo >> >> Harry >> >> Muons: 'Strong' evidence found for a new force of natur >> >> https://www.bbc.com/news/56643677 >> >> quotes: >> .... >> There is currently a one in a 40,000 chance that the result could be a >> statistical fluke - equating to a statistical level of confidence described >> as 4.1 sigma. >> A level of 5 sigma, or a one in 3.5 million chance of the observation >> being a coincidence, is needed to claim a discovery. >> .... >> Prof Ben Allanach, from Cambridge University, who was not involved with >> the latest effort, said: "My Spidey sense is tingling and telling me that >> this is going to be real. >> .... >> The Muon g-2 experiment involves sending the particles around a 14-metre >> ring and then applying a magnetic field. Under the current laws of physics, >> encoded in the Standard Model, this should make the muons wobble at a >> certain rate. >> >> Instead, the scientists found that muons wobbled at a faster rate than >> expected. This might be caused by a force of nature that's completely new >> to science. >> .... >> Harry >> >> >> >>
