paulsutton Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Physicists Announce Potential Dark Matter Breakthrough https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/physicists-announce-potential-dark-matter-breakthrough/ Just spotted a link to this., so my question is Does this mean that Axions will appear on the Standard Model of particle physics. ? Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 15 minutes ago, paulsutton said: Does this mean that Axions will appear on the Standard Model of particle physics. ? If it were to be confirmed, yes. But we are still a long way from that. I posted a couple of links to this as well: https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/122381-interesting-signal-at-dark-matter-detector/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulsutton Posted June 17, 2020 Author Share Posted June 17, 2020 5 minutes ago, Strange said: If it were to be confirmed, yes. But we are still a long way from that. I posted a couple of links to this as well: https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/122381-interesting-signal-at-dark-matter-detector/ Ah cool , I will check that out, In terms of the Standard Model table is there a updated version anywhere, ? Found on, seems to be on Wikipedia but more hidden. found via duck duck go search, does this look pretty upto date, According to the Open Learn course I am doing now, In the night sky: Orion, there are about 36 sub atomic particles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MigL Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Axions were first predicted over 40 years ago, as a solution to the 'strong CP problem'. Even if the detection of axions pans out, we are not sure Dark Matter can be attributed to them. ( 'hot', newly generated, as opposed to 'cold', pre-existing particles ) I also thought, or vaguely remember seeing mathematical evidence for magnetic monopoles, if axions are included in Maxwell's equations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 If confirmed, the question becomes where they fit with the standard model. How do they interact, are there more than one type, things like that. It may require a new model, that incorporates the current one. Some theory already exists. The next step will be to refine it and weed out the stuff that doesn’t work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulsutton Posted June 18, 2020 Author Share Posted June 18, 2020 So lots of things to look forward to in this field, it is complex stuff, but still really interesting, Hopefully I can learn a lot more about all this, the updated standard model image I found will help with this, its kind of like the periodic table, so changes and adapts over time, as we make new discoveries. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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