Extremely close look at electron advances frontiers in particle physics

by Unknown on October 17, 2018 in National Science Foundation

Artist's representation of an electron traveling between two lasers in an experiment.

An unprecedented, close examination of the electron has opened a window into the mind-bending nature of particles, energy and forces at infinitesimal scales.

The findings, showing a spherical shape for the electron's charge, emerged from the Advanced Cold Molecule Electron Electric Dipole Moment (ACME) Search, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The results support the strength of the Standard Model of particle ...

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Published October 17, 2018 at 10:30PM
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