Physicists conform the discovery of a previously unknown subatomic particle. which may be evidence of a fifth fundamental force of nature. For decades, we've known of 4 fundamental forces.
- Gravitation
- Electromagnetic
- Strong nuclear force
- Weak nuclear force
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If confirmed by further experiment, this discovery of a possible fifth force would completely change our understanding of universe. With consequences of the unification forces and dark matter. The researchers built top of a previous study from 2015. Where hungarian scientist were researching for '' dark photon '' particle that would signify unseen dark matter. which physicists say makes up about 85 % of the universe's mass. The Hungarian researcher work covered a radioactive decay anomaly that points to the existence of alight particle just 30 times heavier than an electron but, the researchers weren't able to claim that it was a new force.
They simply saw an excess of events that indicated a new particle but it was not clear to them whether it was a matter particle or a force-carrying particle. The new study included the hungarian experiments and other previous ones and showed that the evidence strongly disfavors both matter particles and dark photons. They proposed a new theory that synthesize all existing data and determined that the discovery could indicate a fifth fundamental force.
The new study demonstrates that instead of being a dark photon the particle may be a '' protophobic x boson '' while the normal electric force acts on electrons and protons. This newfound boson interact with electrons and neutrons only at an extremely limited range and is not very heavy. Laboratories have had the energies required to make it since the ' 50s and 60s ' but the reason it's been hard to find is that its interactions are very weak. There's a possibility that this potential fifth force might be joined to electromagnetic as well as the strong and weak nuclear forces as manifestation of one grander, more fundamental force .
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