LHC Research May Help Explain the Universe's Matter/Antimatter Imbalance 113
suraj.sun sends this excerpt from the BBC:
"Particles called D-mesons seem to decay slightly differently from their antiparticles, LHCb physicist Matthew Charles told the HCP 2011 meeting on Monday. The result may help explain why we see so much more matter than antimatter. The team stresses that further analysis will be needed to shore up the result. At the moment, they are claiming a statistical certainty of '3.5 sigma' — suggesting that there is less than a 0.05% chance that the result they see is down to chance. The team has nearly double the amount of data that they have analyzed so far, so time will tell whether the result reaches the 'five-sigma' level that qualifies it for a formal discovery."
Re:More importantly.... (Score:4, Funny)
Is such an imbalance dangerous for a universe this age? Does our universe need medical treatment?
Further, don't expect a balanced universe amendment any time soon.
Re:...the fuck? (Score:2, Funny)
Ok, here we go again:
LHCb sees where the antimatter's gone
ALICE looks at collisions of lead ions
CMS and ATLAS are two of a kind
They're looking for whatever new particles they can find.
The LHC accelerates the protons and the lead
And the things that it discovers will rock you in the head.
Re:Kaon decay (Score:5, Funny)
I've spent too much time at encyclopedia dramatica recently, because I'm reading your statement way differently than I assume you mean it, based on my understanding of the meaning of the letters CP.
Re:More importantly.... (Score:5, Funny)