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Possible Fifth Force Would Make Direct Detection of Dark Matter Unlikely

Possible Fifth Force Would Make Direct Detection of Dark Matter Unlikely

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (40) | comments 52

(PhysOrg.com) -- No one knows exactly what a “fifth force” might be, but studies have shown that, if a long-range fifth force does exist, it could have surprising effects on the universe’s structure formation. ...





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Big Bang atom smasher sends beams in 2 directions (AP)

Large Hadron Collider sends beams in 2 directions

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created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 0

(AP) -- The world's largest atom smasher made another leap forward Monday by circulating beams of protons in opposite directions at the same time in the $10 billion machine after more than a year of repairs, ...


Restored machine to explore mysteries of Big Bang (AP)

Restored machine to explore mysteries of Big Bang

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created Nov 21, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (23) | comments 27

(AP) -- Scientists are preparing the world's largest atom smasher to explore the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs.


A line on string theory

A line on string theory

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (46) | comments 15

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Harvard theoretical physicist has discussed with scientists at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland the possibility that they may discover a theorized "stau" particle, with a lifetime ...


Gravity waves could hold key to supersymmetry

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created Nov 05, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (59) | comments 11

(PhysOrg.com) -- "In Geneva," Anupam Mazumdar tells PhysOrg.com, "there is a big effort to discover supersymmetry particles at the Large Hadron Collider. But that is not the only way to find these particles. We should also b ...


Fuzziness on the road to physics' grand unification theory

Fuzziness on the road to physics' grand unification theory

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created Oct 06, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (64) | comments 8

Leave it to hypothesized gravity to weigh down what physicists have thought for 30 years. If theoretical physicists, led by the University of Oregon's Stephen Hsu, are right, the idea that nature's forces ...


Michigan integral to world's largest physics experiment

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created Sep 05, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 1

After 20 years of construction, a machine that could either verify or nullify the prevailing theory of particle physics is about to begin its mission. CERN's epic Large Hadron Collider (LHC) project currently involves 25 ...


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Large Hadron Collider set to unveil a new world of particle physics

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created Aug 19, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (54) | comments 44

(PhysOrg.com) -- The field of particle physics is poised to enter unknown territory with the startup of a massive new accelerator--the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)--in Europe this summer. On September 10, LHC ...


Looking for neutralinos at the Large Hadron Collider

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created Jul 09, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (64) | comments 27

“We are looking at the heavens, and using the very biggest things to help up predict what will happen with the very smallest things,” David Toback tells PhysOrg.com. Toback is a professor at Texas A&M University in Colleg ...


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Crystal bells stay silent as physicists look for dark matter

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created Feb 25, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (42) | comments 14

Scientists of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment today announced that they have regained the lead in the worldwide race to find the particles that make up dark matter. The CDMS experiment, conducted ...


FSU Physicist Shining a Light on Dark Matter

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created Oct 02, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (34) | comments 3

We’ve all been taught that our bodies, the Earth, and in fact all matter in the universe is composed of tiny building blocks called atoms. Now imagine if this weren’t the case. This mind-bending concept is at the core of ...



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