PhysicsParticle physicists may have solved a strange mystery about the muon A subatomic particle called the muon caused waves when its experimental behaviour didn't align with a prediction based on the standard model. A new calculation might resolve the discrepancy – but some particle physicists are sceptical ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓÆµ
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