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Scientists at Fermilab close in on fifth force of nature (www.bbc.com)

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Scientists at Fermilab close in on fifth force of nature::Physicists believe that an unknown force could be acting on sub-atomic particles known as muons.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But electromagnetism and weak force has already been understood as a single force, electro weak. So they are not fundamental

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just quoting the article, but Dr. Wikipedia also lists them as part of the four “fundamental interactions”.

I’m not an expert, but at everyday low energies, electromagnetism and weak interaction apparently behave differently, it’s only at higher energy that they unify into a single force (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroweak_interaction).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Right. they appear different but fundamentally they are the same.