On April 7, particle physicists all around the earth were being psyched and energized by the announcement of a measurement of the habits of muons—the heavier, unstable subatomic cousins of electrons—that differed drastically from the anticipated worth. A century from now, wanting back on this instant, will historians recognize this […]
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Long-Awaited Muon Physics Experiment Nears Moment of Truth
Following a two-decade wait around that included a extensive wrestle for funding and a move midway across a continent, a rebooted experiment on the muon—a particle very similar to the electron but heavier and unstable—is about to unveil its final results. Physicists have large hopes that its latest measurement of […]
MICE Cold: Collaboration Demonstrates Muon Ionization Cooling
The greatest-laid designs of MICE and muons did not go awry: Physicists at the Global Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment, or MICE, collaboration have attained their yearslong purpose of immediately sapping strength from muons. Muons are basic particles that, like electrons, have a destructive cost, but they are far more than […]