sigma

A representation of standard deviation — the error margin on a measurement — where 5 sigma is the probability that a measurement is 99.99994% correct.

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CMS and LHCb experiments reveal new rare particle decay

The CMS and LHCb experiments at the LHC have observed a very rare decay. An important milestone in the search for hints of new physics

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Experiments
12 May, 2015

Tracking new physics—horse or zebra?

When you've got a discrepancy in the data, it might be time for theory and experiment to collaborate

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Experiments
09 August, 2013
Experiments
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09 August, 2013

A new “culprit” for matter-antimatter asymmetry

The LHCb collaboration has recently observed matter-antimatter asymmetries in the decays of the B<sup>0</sup><sub>s</sub> meson

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Experiments
24 April, 2013