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Re:Dreams of new physics fade with latest muon magnetism result by tux3 on Friday August 11, 2023 @09:41AM (#37088588)
The muon g-2 measurements have nothing to do with floating rocks. This is not a superconductor update.

This is a high energy physics thing about failing to find something beyond the standard model. Just your regularly scheduled "5 sigma physics anomalies that disappear on their own with better measurements" programming.

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Re:Dreams of new physics fade with latest muon magnetism result by pfdietz on Friday August 11, 2023 @09:48AM (#37088646)
It wasn't the measurements that were the problem, it was the calculation of what the standard model predicts.
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Re:Dreams of new physics fade with latest muon magnetism result by tux3 on Friday August 11, 2023 @10:03AM (#37088782)
Right. I mean that measurements conflicted with theory, and the new CMD-3 measurements suggest a better calculation. Assuming CMD-3 is good, there's no significant gap between theory results and collider results
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Re:Dreams of new physics fade with latest muon magnetism result by pfdietz on Friday August 11, 2023 @10:10AM (#37088861)
That wasn't the only change. There was an alternate computational scheme that didn't depend on electron-positron experiments that gave results consistent with the Muon g-2 experiment.
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Re:Dreams of new physics fade with latest muon magnetism result by tux3 on Friday August 11, 2023 @10:36AM (#37089165)
Fair enough, I suppose! Thanks for the the correction.
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