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Is the Standard Model in Jeopardy?

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The recent headline-grabbing announcement of the long awaited results of the Muon g−2 experiment at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL) has raised eyebrows. The international collaboration of scientists at the Fermilab claims that the measured “wobble” of the magnetic moment of the muon in the presence of a strong magnetic field defies the prediction of the Standard Model (SM). The anomalous behaviour of muons hints at physics beyond the Standard Model. A brief account of the momentous g−2 experiment and its possible implications on our understanding of the machinations of nature is presented here.

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Acknowledgements

The author would like to acknowledge Prof. Deepak Dhar, Prof. A. Rangawala, Prof. B. N. Jagatap, Prof. Ashok Mody, Prof. Diptimoy Ghosh and Prof. Rishikesh Vaidya for their valuable suggestions.

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  1. P. T. Sarvajanik College of Science MTB College Campus, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg Opp. Chaupati, Athwalines, Surat, Gujarat, 395 001, India

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Pruthul Desai is the Principal of Sir P T Sarvajanik College of Science, Surat. He holds a PhD in nuclear physics and is interested in writing popular science articles.

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Desai, P. Is the Standard Model in Jeopardy?. Reson 28, 433–446 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-023-1564-x

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