@Science_George@mastodon.world
2026-07-04 14:02 UTC
For example, the Higgs boson might be unique - in which case then we have found *it* - but things might instead turn out where the Higgs that was discovered is only one example of a variety of mass-giving particles - in which case then there'll be more searching left to do.
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@Science_George@mastodon.world 2026-07-04 14:03
Of course, even if the Higgs is unique, the Standard Model may still require a few additions. Does dark matter consist of particles of some kind not yet discovered? That seems to be a very reasonable hypothesis, but we don't know for sure that it has a particulate nature. 4/