New Particle Detector Could Reveal Universe's Missing Antimatter

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http://news.yahoo.com/particle-detector-could-reveal-universes-missing-antimatter-144949762.html

A new ultra-precise particle detector is being developed to investigate the bizarre properties and behaviors of tiny elementary particles that seem to defy the laws of traditional physics.

The U.S. Department of Energy recently awarded $1.2 million to a team of physicists from Indiana University's Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter to build the new particle detector.

The data collected by the new and improved detector, called Belle II, could advance "New Physics," or physics beyond the Standard Model. [The 9 Biggest Unsolved Mysteries in Physics]

The Standard Model is thought to be the golden rule of particle physics. It describes particle behavior and correctly predicted the existence of other particles like the Higgs boson. But even though it is well-backed by experimental data, the Standard Model fails to explain many other mysteries in physics, such as the existence of theoretical dark matter, which makes up about 27 percent of the matter in the universe, yet does not emit light or energy and cannot be directly observed.

In particular, physicists think the Belle II detector could reveal more about the uneven distribution of matter and antimatter in the universe. Antimatter is made of particles with opposite charges of the particles that make up normal matter.

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Hello SUSY particles!

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1. I was wondering where I'd put that. n/t