tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2846514233477399562.post5345524015681436264..comments2024-01-08T09:37:04.406+01:00Comments on RÉSONAANCES: Farewell to the Noughties - ExperimentJesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08947218566941608850noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2846514233477399562.post-30221119036639423122010-02-01T10:40:52.605+01:002010-02-01T10:40:52.605+01:00Oh, I see, dark matter from Fermi. I would bet you...Oh, I see, dark matter from Fermi. I would bet you'll be disappointed. ;-)Luboš Motlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17487263983247488359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2846514233477399562.post-8882549272838188002010-01-31T23:46:49.907+01:002010-01-31T23:46:49.907+01:00Jester, thanks for another excellent post, well-in...Jester, thanks for another excellent post, well-informed and eclectic.DBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06742754700763907691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2846514233477399562.post-26655125646703709962010-01-30T22:25:17.892+01:002010-01-30T22:25:17.892+01:00I know Fermi took off in 2008, but they are suppos...I know Fermi took off in 2008, but they are supposed to take data for at least 5 years, and maybe more. What I'm really waiting for is not blazars, GRBs, or gamma-ray pulsars, but dark matter. So let's give them time :-)Jesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08947218566941608850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2846514233477399562.post-20711242070778118122010-01-30T21:40:00.931+01:002010-01-30T21:40:00.931+01:00OK, my moral system of measuring time is obviously...OK, my moral system of measuring time is obviously too simple-minded for your far-reaching rearrangements. <br /><br />Fermi was launched in 2008 and was soon producing results (unlike any of your other "future" experiments) - how can it be a part of the "teens"?<br /><br />What new do you expect from Fermi in the future?Luboš Motlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17487263983247488359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2846514233477399562.post-84641734512207811222010-01-30T16:37:46.219+01:002010-01-30T16:37:46.219+01:00Fermi morally belongs to the present decade. I bel...Fermi morally belongs to the present decade. I believe their most important results are yet to come, so I'm saving it for "Farewell to the Teenies". What else will be there? LHC for sure, whatever the outcome. Also dark matter detection (but who?), almost certainly Planck, maybe AMS-02, maybe Euclid. There should also be progress in precision measurements (maybe mu to e gamma?), and in gravity waves detection (maybe LISA, if she flies?). Hoping for surprises too.Jesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08947218566941608850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2846514233477399562.post-19036942327451546962010-01-30T16:11:20.809+01:002010-01-30T16:11:20.809+01:00Yes, this is a nice summary of most of the big hit...Yes, this is a nice summary of most of the big hits of the past decade. <br /><br />So what will come in the teenies? Will it be the decade of the LHC? Will dark matter be detected on the ground? Will the first evidence for gravitational waves be obtained? Maybe the next measurement of the muon (g-2) will be the first which truly contradicts the calculated values based on the standard model...Michaelhttp://muon.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2846514233477399562.post-68604734296826097562010-01-30T13:50:38.416+01:002010-01-30T13:50:38.416+01:00Thank you for a great post, which helps to stay sa...Thank you for a great post, which helps to stay sane.Robert Grahamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2846514233477399562.post-14023081404945154702010-01-30T08:41:54.232+01:002010-01-30T08:41:54.232+01:00Your frustrated tone is inappropriate, and kind of...Your frustrated tone is inappropriate, and kind of silly. <br /><br />And I am amazed you completely omitted Fermi - I would have put it at the top. It has actually assured us about things that were not "quite" certain - such as the fact that Lorentz invariance works at the Planck scale.Luboš Motlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17487263983247488359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2846514233477399562.post-23214979623289743362010-01-30T02:07:45.920+01:002010-01-30T02:07:45.920+01:00Jester,
You say:
"Generally, flavor physics...Jester,<br /><br />You say:<br /><br />"Generally, flavor physics is best suited for botanists. Yet new physics hunters cannot afford the comfort of ignoring it. Because of approximate symmetries of the SM that suppress certain transitions between the generations of quarks, flavor physics is very sensitive to contributions from new hypothetical heavy particles. The results from BaBar and its twin sister Belle showed no major deviations from the standard model, apart from a few glitches here and there that, maliciously, occur in observables under poor theoretical control. These results provide a strong indication that, apart from the Higgs boson, there is no new particles in near energy reach. Scaring."<br /><br />Although unlikely, heavy particles emerging beyond SM may very well carry new charges that decouple from flavor transitions in the massive quark sector. It is also possible that they may also affect CP violation in unexpected ways.<br /><br />Only time will tell.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Ervin GoldfainErvin Goldfainnoreply@blogger.com