Then there is SUSY.
If the new particle-x (and/or 5th force) and the LHC 750 GeV boson are validated in some way, along with the Higgs, is the agglomeration of all of these new findings the real 5th force, and not any constituent particle? (and is it coincidental that the mass of 6 Higgs particles = the new kid on the block. If the new kid's name is SUSY, does that mean the her partner will be a 750 GEV fermion? What about a molecular analog at 750 GeV? Would it have unusual or special properties. something like deuterated antimony Sb6D6 or tin/lithium Sn6Li6 or even a crystal phase of Tellurium ? Is Particle Physics About to Crack? This story appeared today on the Sci-Am blog. <http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/is-particle-physics-about-to -crack-wide-open/> http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/is-particle-physics-about-to- crack-wide-open/ . but it can be (should be) read in the context of two other recent stories in particle physics, all from last week - and which are not mentioned. Those other two are the "fifth force" and "particle-x" discoveries. Those later two stories both relate to a putative new particle with mass-energy around 17 MeV, which could be the same particle, whereas the LHC story is about a massive particle of 750 GeV. There is the off-chance that all of these stories could be involved in LENR, especially the two which talk about a lower energy particle - but even the last one is not ruled out, especially in regard to the Holmlid effect - where the goal is to explain a very large (apparent) appearance of muons. Since a cluster of deuterons, the so-called UDD, which is irradiated by a laser pulse in Holmlid's work can easily supply a 750 GeV burst, this large amount of mass-energy cannot be ruled out, even in a small LENR experiment . which could manifest itself as muons in the decay process! After all, it's not really much in macro terms- the ten microjoule range, aka the proverbial flea-fart. Together with the ludicrous Rossi Quark-x report, this convergence of the highly improbable with the remotely possible has to crack you up, particle fizzicyst or not. It actually makes me wonder if we are not seeing a crack in the Sim. J