New research has surfaced on muons, where an experiment at Fermilab has a measurement disagreeing with the standard model. Or does it? Let’s take a look at 2 articles talking about this revolutionary result, and see if we can reach any conclusions.
Enthusiastic
Skeptical
The debate really seems to boil down to one main issue: how do we decide if a result is significant enough to warrant a change to the standard model? The first source talks about how the new results at Fermilab fall within the error bar of the previous studies, and far from the standard model predictions, while the second source highlights the fact that the results are getting closer to the standard model predictions as they are getting more precise. I guess we just have to wait for the next results to see which pattern continues.