Protons’ ‘Excited States’ Defy Expectations, Challenging Decades of Theory Physicists have observed that a proton’s excited states, or resonances, remain influential even when probed at high energy levels. This discovery challenges long-standing theories about the behavior of protons and opens up new possibilities for understanding the fundamental building blocks of matter. For decades, scientists have […]
When quarks misbehave, symmetry breaks down and changes the rules of physics
When Quarks Misbehave: How Symmetry Breaks Down and Changes the Rules of Physics For decades, physicists have relied on the principle of symmetry to simplify and understand the complex world of particle physics. Symmetry, in this context, refers to the idea that the laws of physics remain unchanged regardless of how you look at them […]