The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is closed for refurbishment until later this year. But that doesn't discontinue the findings from flooding
in. While examining through data from 2011 and 2012, particle physicists have discovered
convincing data for a fresh, formerly unobserved decay channel. The
pre-published paper can be found in Nature. The LHC accelerates protons, naturally
located at the center of an atom, and directs them zooming around its spherical
compartment deep underground. When the protons strike, they annihilate—converting
from matter into unadulterated energy. Then, among the discordance of senseless
energy that's vanishing in and out of reality all around the reaction chamber,
particles start to appear, vanish and manifest themselves again. This pathway
that the proton's energy takes through particles is termed as decay channel.
This thrilling discovery was made from a cooperation of two
previous CERN experiments: The Large Hadron Collider Beauty experimentation
(LHCb) and the Compact Muon Solenoid experimentation (CMS), which are both issued
in the Physical Review Letters. Both of these papers noted the strange B to
muon pair decay, but separately the outcomes weren't important enough. However,
when united, the discovery became obvious.
LHCb representative Guy Wilkinson said: "It is testament
to the excellent performance of the LHC, and the sensitivity of our
experiments, that we have been finally able to observe this extremely rare but
important decay." Particle physics is a distinctive field where hundreds
of researchers have to work together and share to make advancement. It's striking
to see this collaboration in physics, and maybe other fields can pick up from
this.
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