Experiment confirmed famous physics model

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MIT postdoc Jocelyn Monroe captivated her audience during her April 11 talk announcing the results of an experiment that could have changed some of the basic elements of particle physics. Photo Donna Coveney
MIT postdoc Jocelyn Monroe captivated her audience during her April 11 talk announcing the results of an experiment that could have changed some of the basic elements of particle physics. Photo / Donna Coveney

Physicists can rest easy--the Standard Model of Particle Physics is still in effect. More than 100 MIT students and professors jammed into Room 35-225 on Wednesday, April 11, to hear the long-anticipated results of a particle detection experiment designed to produce evidence that would confirm or reject the model, which outlines the elements of particle physics.


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