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[–] insert_name 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

There's already cracks in the standard model. The mass of the higgs boson is nowhere near what we expect it to be, and there's plenty other discrepancies.

However, apart from the misleading title that wrongly implies that this is "the first crack that's been noticed", this is pretty interesting. TY OP.

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[–] The_Cat [S] 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

Well, titles are always a bit hyperbolic, but it is one of the first reliable results that actually point us in a direction to search on how to patch those cracks. I can't wait for the standard model to be overthrown, but I'm afraid we'll be stuck with it for a while longer.

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[–] insert_name ago 

Indeed. String theory tho. That's a hell of a cool way to solve some of the problems of the S Model, such as fine-tuning, etc.

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[–] Zidota ago 

Can someone Eli5 this for me in terms of what could happen with this and what it means?

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[–] tame 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Awesome. That's what it's for! :D

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[–] Spiderio 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

2 sigma's nothing. LHCb's still pretty new--an observation like this could disappear just by looking at trigger biases.

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[–] The_Cat [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

True, but it corresponds to anomalies found at other accelerators. And personally, a break in lepton universality seems to me the most logical solution to the proton radius puzzle.

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[–] Spiderio ago 

Yeah. I assume it made it to Phys. Rev. Lett. because of the correspondences.

I'd be happy to see this turn into something, too. I just remember getting burned by LEP's 115GeV Higgs "observation."

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[–] dan_k ago 

John Titor

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[–] Caboose_Calloway 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

This sounds promising.

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[–] revfelix 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I don't care if "more data are collected" is grammatically correct, it just sounds wrong. Also this news is pretty cool.

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[–] The_Cat [S] ago 

Hah, just remember that the singular is "datum".

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[–] FructuoSo ago 

Well, fuck

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[–] ECW ago 

Time Travel. Please.