JOLLY DAYS

Mysteries of the Unseen

You gotta admit it: muons have their charms. Subatomic particles, like large electrons, shot out into a 50 foot diameter track, flying around at nearly the speed of light, spinning like tops — polarized, so aligned — waiting for unseen pushes and pulls from the unseen world that would prove the theoretical to be true.

This recent experiment, which, ” if correct, [would] rank as one of the greatest discoveries in science”.

It is frustrating that there is some doubt about the outcome. The experiment, if confirmed, would prove an extension of the mental universe as well - an unknown realm.

The existence of the new matter is predicted by an unconfirmed theory called supersymmetry. According to the theory, every known particle in the universe from the electron to the neutrino has a counterpart that has eluded detection. Some versions of the theory suggest that “dark matter,” a substance that seems to outweigh ordinary matter in the cosmos, actually consists of tremendous swarms of supersymmetric particles that waft through space.