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Originally Posted by renormalised
You know yourself Steven, the biggest criticism of the SM is that it's not entirely without fault itself. In many cases, it's been a matter of finding the particle first then fudging the maths in order to get the new particle to fit the model.....
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No Carl it doesn't work that way.
Particles in the SM are grouped according to their mathematical symmetries. If you fudge the maths to suit a newly found particle you will destroy the entire model as the symmetries of other particles in the model will no longer relate to their physical properties and interactions.
Steven