Episode Title

Is There Something Wrong with the Standard Model?

Series Producers

Joshua Colwell, University of Central FloridaFollow
Adrienne Dove, University of Central FloridaFollow
Hannah Sargeant, University of Central FloridaFollow
James Cooney, University of Central FloridaFollow

Streaming Media

Series Title

Walkabout the Galaxy

Keywords

Korea's Moon mission; Large Hadron Collider; W bosons

Disciplines

Astrophysics and Astronomy | Physics

Description

Korea sends its first mission to the Moon, and Mars sent a very old piece of itself to Earth. Meanwhile, the Large Hadron Collider is finding more odd collisional products than expected: the rate of creation of three W bosons is a bit high. Do you ever feel that there’s something wrong with the world? Maybe the LHC is getting a glimpse of new physics. Join us for all that, space chorizo, and the Jeans length with a full set of four astroquarks.

Episode Sponsor

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Date Created

8-10-2022

Item Type

Podcast

Type

article

Length of Episode

45:27

Recommended Citation

Colwell, Joshua; Dove, Adrienne; Sargeant, Hannah; and Cooney, James, "Is There Something Wrong with the Standard Model?" (2022). Walkabout the Galaxy Podcast. 214.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/walkaboutthegalaxy/214