How Physicists Used Antimatter, Supercomputers and Giant Magnets to Solve a 20-Year-Old Mystery

20-Year Mystery of The Muon's Wiggle May Finally Be Solved

Physicists at Fermilab have made the most precise measurement ever of a long-disputed value – the magnetic 'wiggle' of an elementary particle known as a muon.In somewhat disappointing news, that measurement is in strong agreement with the Standard Model, meaning it probably isn't hiding any exotic new physics as some had hoped. A muon is similar to an electron, except it's about 207 times more massive. The way muons move in a magnetic field …

Anomaly no more! "Muon g-2" puzzle resolved at last

When it comes to investigating the Universe, the ultimate goal is to uncover the closest approximation of the scientific truth about reality as possible. This takes the combination of two approaches, simultaneously. Over on the theory side, we have our best models, laws, and framework to represent reality and the rules that it obeys. We use what has already been established to make predictions about what we expect to see, experimentally and/or …

How physicists used antimatter, supercomputers and giant magnets to solve a 20-year-old mystery

Cindy Arnold, FermilabPhysicists are always searching for new theories to improve our understanding of the universe and resolve big unanswered questions. But there’s a problem. How do you search for undiscovered forces or particles when you don’t know what they look like? Take dark matter. We see signs of this mysterious cosmic phenomenon throughout the universe, but what could it possibly be made of? Whatever it is, we’re going to need new phys…

20-Year Mystery of The Muon’s Wiggle May Finally Be Solved : ScienceAlert – Monkey Viral

Physicists at Fermilab have made the most precise measurement ever of a long-disputed value – the magnetic ‘wiggle’ of an elementary particle known as a muon. In somewhat disappointing news, that measurement is in strong agreement with the Standard Model, meaning it probably isn’t hiding any exotic new physics as some had hoped. A muon […]

The most precise measurement of the muon's magnetic anomaly

This long-awaited value will be the world’s most precise measurement of the muon magnetic anomaly for many years to come.

Muon G-2 Announces Most Precise Measurement of the Magnetic Anomaly of the Muon

The third and final result, based on the last three years of data, is in perfect agreement with the experiment's previous results, further solidifying the experimental world average. This long-awaited value will be the world's most precise measurement of the muon magnetic anomaly for many years to come.