Sentences with phrase «on hypothetical particles»

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

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

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For the first time, physicists are snooping on some of the likeliest hiding places for hypothetical subatomic particles called axions, which could make up dark matter.

Today some of the best minds in physics are fixated on the event horizon, pondering what would happen to hypothetical astronauts and subatomic particles upon reaching the precipice of a black hole.

Still, the new research has set some of the most stringent constraints yet on how easily the hypothetical particles may interact with matter, the MoEDAL collaboration reports December 28 at arXiv.org.

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.

«In the previous studies, astronomers have estimated the size based on radio emissions assuming hypothetical spherical dust particles,» explains Kataoka.

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

We can even take all our data on particle physics data and interpret them in terms of the mass of a hypothetical Higgs boson.

It is based on the idea that particles (including the hypothetical ones that transmit gravity) are vibrating strings.

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.