Has new physics been found at the ageing Tevatron?


	Has new physics been found at the ageing Tevatron?

Silkweaver

11-7-2008 6:01 PM

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physics, particle physics, dark matter, tevatron

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The CDF muons appear to have come from the decay of a particle with a mass of about 1 GeV. So could they be a signature of dark matter? "We are trying to figure that out," says Weiner. "But I would be excited by the CDF data regardless."

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11-8-2008 7:37 AM

thisnamecantbetaken

Wow! Exciting!

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