Why the Muon g-2 Results Are So Exciting!
Why Hacker News recommends it
Recommended as an accessible but not oversimplified explanation of the muon g-2 experiment, by a channel aimed at curious physics enthusiasts.
What it is
A PBS Space Time episode explaining the Fermilab Muon g-2 results and why a discrepancy with the Standard Model prediction could point to new physics.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2021 to 2022.
What Hacker News said
Recommends terramex · 2021-04 · on “Particle mystery: physicists confirm the muon is more magnetic than predicted”
They already did, 15 minutes ago: [this video] For those who do not know - PBS Spacetime is YouTube channel hosted by astrophysics Ph.D Matt O'Dowd, aimed at casual physics enthusiasts without oversimplifying underlying physics too much.
Recommends dmix · 2021-05 · on “Gravity is a double copy of other forces”
There's a ton of articles about this on every science news site and youtube channel. Here's an old one for example that explains what they are doing at Fermi wit the G-2 machine: [this video] And just check the science sites.
Cites JProthero · 2021-04 · on “Ask HN: What under-the-radar technology are you excited about?”
Muon-Catalyzed Fusion [1]. Briefly it's a genuine, and scientifically uncontroversial, form of 'cold' fusion enabled by muons — a more massive relative of the electron that was in the news recently thanks to the potentially interesting results coming out of the Muon g-2 experiment at Fermilab [2]. Like conventional 'hot' plasma fusion, in all experiments to date the energy input needed to sustain the process has exceeded the output, but it may be possible to use it to generate power. Unlike conventional fusion though, it receives relatively little attention, and there is no well-funded international effort to tackle the associated technical challenges. As with conventional fusion the technic
Cites Splendor · 2022-04 · on “Measurement of the W boson mass reveals 7σ deviation from calculations”
Maybe not exactly what you're looking for but these two videos discuss the results of a Fermilab experiment that hints at a crack in the standard model. [LINK] [this video]