Sentences with phrase «hypothetical particles»

The leading candidates for dark matter are different classes of hypothetical particles.

The existence of hypothetical particles called magnetic monopoles would explain why electric charge comes in integer multiples of the charge of an electron instead of a continuous range of values, Emily Conover reported in «Magnets with a single pole are still giving physicists the slip» (SN: 2/3/18, p. 10).

The main contender for the substance is a type of hypothetical particle known as a «weakly interacting massive particle» (WIMP).

The result, reported April 13 in Science, casts doubt on hypothetical particles called dark photons and...

Kravtsov's simulations support the idea that dark matter is made of weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs — hypothetical particles so unreactive that they can pass right through ordinary matter.

In a paper published May 2 in Nature Physics, the CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST) at CERN presented new results on the properties of axions — hypothetical particles with minimal interactions with ordinary matter that therefore could constitute some or all of the mysterious dark matter, which is five times more abundant than normal matter.

Among them are axions, hypothetical particles predicted in the 1970s; magnetic monopoles, single points of north and south magnetism; and Majorana particles — massless, chargeless entities that can serve as their own antiparticles.

The authors of the most recent paper don't dispute these calculations, and concede that this particle may very well be the Higgs boson, but they contend that the calculations are also consistent with other hypothetical particles.

New research suggests that the oddity could hint at the presence of hypothetical particles known as axions.

Scientists at Gran Sasso needed the cerium for a search — now called off — for hypothetical particles called sterile neutrinos.

The result, reported April 13 in Science, casts doubt on hypothetical particles called dark photons and other potential oddities.

Others speculate that a spinning black hole could generate a cloud of hypothetical particles called axions, which could generate gravitational waves by annihilating one another en masse.

STERILE neutrinos, hypothetical particles so aloof they may flit off into other dimensions at the drop of a hat, may finally be stepping into view.

The hunt is in full swing for these hypothetical particles known as magnetic monopoles — which possess a lone north or south pole.

The prevailing theory is that a short - lived quantum field, mediated by a hypothetical particle called an inflaton, pushed the universe's rapid growth.

By picking particular masses for the hypothetical particles, the researchers were able to calculate the number and sizes of clumps that could be floating through the Milky Way.

These hypothetical particles are similar to run - of - the - mill photons, or particles of light, but unlike normal photons would have mass and interact very weakly with known particles.

The LHC is designed to find the hypothetical particles (most notably the Higgs boson, believed to endow other particles with mass) that would back up that theory.

This hypothetical particle could potentially be linked to dark matter, the invisible substance that is five times more prevalent in the universe than regular matter.

If WIMPs remain elusive even as we whittle down the places to look, the hypothetical particles become less attractive candidates, says Bullock.

Physicists will observe the collisions not only for clues to fundamental constituents of matter, hidden dimensions, and the elusive Higgs boson — the hypothetical particle that gives matter its heft — but also for tiny black holes winking in and out of existence.

These enigmatic, hypothetical particles are the leading suspects in the search for dark matter, the unseen bits of whatever that are thought to make up the bulk of the matter in the universe.

Scientists currently favor theoretical models that explain dark matter as an exotic massive particle, but so far searches have failed to turn up evidence these hypothetical particles actually exist.

According to our best cosmological theories, dark matter is made of hypothetical particles called WIMPs (weakly interacting massive particles).

Among the new studies, the most exotic scenario investigated was the possibility that dark matter might consist of hypothetical particles called axions or other particles with similar properties.

So if the results of Gran Sasso are borne out by other experiments, then neutrinos are, in fact, tachyons — hypothetical particles, never before observed (except on Star Trek), that travel above light speed, and stay there.

Given the potentially smaller size of the hypothetical particles known as weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs)(31 August, p 36)...

Using that same measurement, researchers also honed in on the mass of the graviton, the hypothetical particle that mediates the force of gravity.

In this case, a hypothetical particle called a graviton — which mediates gravity — appears in large numbers out of the vacuum of space in regions crowded with massive objects such as stars.

The Higgs boson [the hypothetical particle that endows other particles with mass] would not be seen immediately.

Giudice says that the hypothetical particle is not easy to reconcile with supersymmetry (SUSY), physicists» preferred way of extending the currently successful «standard model» of particle physics, which posits that each particle in the standard model has a heavier partner.

Since then, 95 research manuscripts have been posted to the preprint server arXiv discussing the hypothetical particle, even though the statistical significance of the findings is low.

What about supersymmetric particles — hypothetical particles that are like weird twins of the known ones?

The idea is that hypothetical particles, aptly named «inflatons», drove this expansion by pushing space apart.

Regarding the sterile neutrino experiment in particular, he adds that «as far as I can judge, it would be close to giving us a definitive answer» on whether or not the hypothetical particle really exists.

A new experimental facility to detect a hypothetical particle that many physicists think probably doesn't exist could be up and running at the CERN laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland, within 3 years, assuming that the lab's member states approve spending roughly $ 110 million to build it.

These are low - energy versions of photons, hypothetical particles known as gravitons and other particles.

But in 1937, Italian physicist Ettore Majorana proposed a hypothetical particle that is its own antiparticle.

This hypothetical particle might help to explain why certain weak - force reactions dominate over others and why there is more matter in the universe than antimatter.

One possible explanation: Hypothetical particles are ferrying some of their energy away.