Are Graviton and Standard Model Particles the Only Ones in the Universe?

  • Context: Graduate 
  • Thread starter Thread starter Garrulo
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Particles
Join the discussion
Ask a follow-up here, or get your own question answered by working scientists, mathematicians and engineers — people, not an autocomplete.
Real named experts · corrections over time · the nuance an AI answer skips
5 replies · 2K views
Garrulo
Messages
61
Reaction score
0
How we can know that there are no more particles that graviton and standard model particles??
 
Physics news on Phys.org
Garrulo said:
How we can know that there are no more particles that graviton and standard model particles??
We DON'T know. What we have is a consistent and useful model of reality that works very well. If/when other particles are discovered, the model will have to be changed. Dark matter may lead to that situation.

Physics builds models based on what is known, not what is unknown.
 
Garrulo said:
How we can know that there are no more particles that graviton and standard model particles??

If you have paid some attention to the LHC results and operations these past 2 years, you would have heard of their search for supersymmetry particles. Clearly, this is an example where high energy physicists ARE trying to see if there are other particles beyond just those within the Standard Model.

Zz.
 
What is the probability the existence a particle at our typical energies can exist and a acelerattor can´t detect?
 
Garrulo said:
How we can know that there are no more particles that graviton and standard model particles??
We don't "know" this at all. The graviton and the Standard-Model particles are the ones that we have had experimental access to. Most supersets of these two theories include additional particles, particles that we may or may not be able to detect evidence of.