Wonderful discovery! The universe is full of surprises and it never stops to amaze us, I remember one verse in the bible written by King Solomon;
Ecclesiastes 8:17 King James Version (KJV)
17 Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though aman labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea farther; though awise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
The things under the sun, even the man labour to seek it out, ye he shall not find it. This is indeed the fact that the universe is made by God in full of wisdom.
I am no scientist to digest what this blog is telling but from what I can see this is truly a magnificent discovery. Thanks for bringing XENON1T dark matter experiment in our attention.
Actually, it is too early to call this a discovery. For the moment, we only have a hint of something: there is still 1 chance out of 2000 that this is only an unfortunate fluke in the background. To call this a discovery, we need to lower the number to 1 chance in 1,750,000. We are far from getting there, and it is also possible that this excess will disappear (in particular if it comes from a background mis-modelling).
In any case, regardless of the final outcome in a few years, this is making us thinking, and this is good (I think this goes along the same lines as what your quotation is doing). This is how we will learn something
Great, good to know. I am following you now so I will not miss any future post. Cheers buddy! 🍯
Thanks a lot! It is appreciated. I am trying to post once a week, usually about my own work. At the present time, unfortunately, it is more rough;y once every 10/15 days. Time is too limited ^^