In an article recently submitted to Physical Review Letters, a team of researchers from the Fermilab laboratory in Chicago, which houses one of the largest particle accelerators in the world, claims to be closer than ever to the discovery of a new force, the fifth, of nature. Desktop Code Image for mobile, amp and app Mobile code AMP Code APP Code All these scientists, who are part of the international Muon g-2 collaboration at Fermilab, claim to have found new evidence that muons, particles similar to electrons but 200 times heavier, they do not behave the way they should according to current theories. And that difference, they say, could be due to the action of a fifth force of nature, still unknown to us. Like electrons, muons have a tiny internal magnet that, in the presence of a magnetic field, wobbles similar to the axis of a top. But the results of these investigations showed that the muons 'wobbled' faster than predicted in the Standard Model. And that, researchers say, could be due to the action of that fifth force. Related News abc standard podcast No Podcast science | The asteroid that no one saw arriving José Manuel Nieves Hidden by the brightness of the Sun, a 60-meter asteroid, with great destructive potential, passed by the Earth a few days ago and astronomers did not see it until two days later Of course, more will be needed data to confirm these results, but if they are correct it will be the beginning of a true revolution in physics, which for the first time will be able to go beyond the Standard Model, the great theory that includes all known particles and the forces that govern them, but it leaves out such important issues as dark matter and energy. You can also listen to all episodes of the 'Dark Matter' podcast on Spotify, Ivoox, Apple podcast and Google podcast.
