If the electron wasn’t perfectly round, it would imply new hidden particles

Posted by pyman_in on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @05:19PM
from the quantamagazine.org dept.

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Re:If the electron wasn’t perfectly round, it would imply ne... by retrocryptid on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @06:09PM (#35532278)

Or that it's moving at relativistic speeds.

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Re:If the electron wasn’t perfectly round, it would imply ne... by jfengel on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @06:29PM (#35532510)

The experiment described in the article uses ultracold atoms (tiny fractions of a Kelvin), so it's not relativistic.

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Re:If the electron wasn’t perfectly round, it would imply ne... by retrocryptid on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @06:09PM (#35532283)

Or that there's some other charge carrier nearby.

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