New Fundamental Force of Nature?

[Agent Intellect]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13000253

I'm sure most people here know about gravity, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak nuclear forces. According to this article, they may have discovered the particle for a fifth fundamental force of nature - although the article doesn't really specify what this force does. I haven't been able to find any better sources on this as of yet, so if anyone has one, feel free to post it here.

 

[Hermetic Alchemist]

I think they published an update on this result and it was a false alarm. Although I may have been remembering a related (i.e. from the same collider) false alarm about the Higgs Boson).

Sorry to disapoint you

 

[Melllvar]

I think this is a continuation of the same thing that was announced back in early April. (http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-04-atom-smasher-nature.html) The bottom of that article has a link to a video/presentation on the Fermilab website (here). I haven't watched the presentation yet, so the most I know about it is what's in the articles (nothing). Was waiting to see if it panned out as a real discovery or just another zealous announcement. Glad to see it hasn't been debunked yet.

 

[scorpiomover]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technicolor_(physics)

Last I read of it, in New Scientist, Fermilab had data that really couldn't be explained any other way. But the odds are currently something like 1 in 1,000 that they are wrong, and to be pretty sure, they need 1 in 1 million. They have a huge amount of collected data to sift through, though. So they might find it there.

Or, the LHC might find that evidence. Or, the LHC might turn up with the Higgs boson.

Who knows?

But I'd prefer 5 forces to 4. 5 is my favourite number.

 

[Melllvar]

Last I read of it, in New Scientist, Fermilab had data that really couldn't be explained any other way.

Turns out I came by that article today. It was pretty informative, so I came here to post it and then saw this.

Oh well, here's the article anyway: http://www.newscientist.com/article...ab-hints-at-technicolour-force.html?full=true