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Unstable giant on the verge of collapsing. Don't blink, or an electron will appear.

Illustr. Alex Rommel © 2022 Universität Innsbruck

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The muon is an elementary particle that is hundreds of times more massive than an electron. Both electrons and muons are fermions with negative charge, which is why the muon is known as the electron’s massive cousin. When cosmic rays enter Earth's atmosphere, they create a cascade of particles, among them myons, that fly down to us. In 2021, after two large experiments with muons, the scientific community was puzzled: the way muons wobbled in the presence of a magnetic field did not match the theory. Was the discrepancy due to an imperfect prediction, or does it hint at a new force yet to be revealed?

Illustr. Alex Rommel © 2022 Universität Innsbruck

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