Fermilab experiment fails to confirm new particle claim
Monday, June 13, 2011 - 15:31
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- In April, scientists at one of Fermilabs two particle detectors, CDF, observed what they thought might be a new particle not predicted by the Standard Model. But now, scientists at the labs second detector, DZero, have cross-checked the observation with their own independent data and analysis tools, and have found no evidence of a new particle. Instead, the DZero data are in agreement with predictions from the Standard Model.