Subatomic Challenge to Accepted Physics; Scientists Say Behavior of Particles Called 'Muons' May Alter Understanding of Matter at Smallest Scale From: The Washington Post | Date: February 9, 2001| Author: Kathy Sawyer | Copyright 2001 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Physicists have found provocative evidence that a subatomic particle behaves in a way that cannot be explained by the prevailing model of how matter works on the smallest scale.

If confirmed, the findings would carry science into new territory beyond the Standard Model of particle physics, which for 30 years has been the prevailing description of all the elementary particles in nature and the forces between them.

The results announced yesterday could provide support for a relativ...

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