Never mind the Higgs boson biting the dust … now they're saying that Supersymmetry itself is being shown the door, because the predicted indirect evidence is absent !
LHC results put supersymmetry theory 'on the spot'
Quote:
The experiment looked at the decay of particles called "B-mesons" in hitherto unprecedented detail.
If supersymmetric particles exist, B-mesons ought to decay far more often than if they do not exist.
There also ought to be a greater difference in the way matter and antimatter versions of these particles decay.
…
LHCb's more detailed analysis however has failed to find this effect.
..
This failure to find indirect evidence of supersymmetry, coupled with the fact that two of the collider's other main experiments have not yet detected supersymmetic particles, means that the simplest version of the theory has in effect bitten the dust.
|
This also means that String and Superstring Theories, the last 30 years of development, teaching and 'progress', are also all in deep trouble.
And .. my favourite quote from this article:
Quote:
|
"Young theorists especially would love to see supersymmetry go down the drain, because it means that the real thing is something they could invent - not something that was invented by the older generation," he said.
|
How do ya like that motivation/precept, eh ?
Cheers