Scientists Successfully Capture Mysterious 4D 'Ghost' Within CERN Particle Accelerator By Kristy…
Scientists Successfully Capture Mysterious 4D 'Ghost' Within CERN Particle Accelerator
By Kristy Tallman | April 2
Physicists at CERN have made a big discovery in particle research. They found something invisible inside their particle accelerator called the Super Proton Synchrotron. This invisible thing affects how particles move, making experiments tricky.
They call this invisible thing a "ghost" because it's hard to see but has a big impact. It's like a hidden map showing all the different ways particles can move, and it has four dimensions.
This "ghost" comes from something called resonance, which is when two things sync up, like how planets orbit or tuning forks vibrate together. When the magnets in the accelerator aren't perfect, it can cause problems with how particles move.
Describing this "ghost" is hard because it's more complex than just moving in two directions. Scientists had to use extra measurements to understand it, which was tough.
After lots of study and computer simulations, physicists finally managed to measure this "ghost" using special monitors. They carefully tracked thousands of particle beams to find out how this "ghost" affects them.
The researchers found that individual particles behave in a certain way when this "ghost" is around. This discovery matches what scientists predicted based on theory and simulations.
Now, the scientists want to create a theory that explains how particles behave when this "ghost" is present. This could help improve particle experiments in the future.
Their discovery was published in Nature Physics, which is a big deal for particle physics. It's a step forward in understanding how particles work.