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    1 year ago

    We don’t know for sure, it is one of the possibilities why prediction and result don’t line up.

    “If the measurements don’t line up with the prediction [calculated with the standard model], that could be a sign that there is some unknown particle appearing in the loops—which could, for example, be the carrier of a fifth force,” particle physicist Jon Butterworth told The Guardian.