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February 26, 2013

Search for 'unparticles' focuses on Earth's crust
London, UK (SPX) Feb 26, 2013
Evidence of a minuscule force that could exist between two particle spins over long distances could be lurking in magnetized iron under the Earth's surface. That is the conclusion of a new study by physicists in the US, who have used our planet's vast stores of polarized spin to place exacting limits on the existence of interactions mediated by unusual entities such as "unparticles". The intrinsic angular momentum, or "spin", of a particle gives that particle a magnetic moment, and the interaction ... read more

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