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  1. Now, this is where the g-2 #gminus2 experiment at
    @Fermilab
    comes in: it measures how one of the elementary particles spins in a magnetic field.

    A bit like when you have a top, you can draw conclusions on where the material is inside the top, just from how the top spins

  2. New results of the G-2 experiment are expected to be presented at a Fermilab colloquium later Today. Now, why is this #gminus2 experiment so interesting and gets even jaded particle physicists like me excited? A thread:

    (today at 10 am Chicago time, youtube.com/@fermilab )

  3. Bemused by the @BBC write-up of the #muon #gminus2 result - very cool to have this experimental precision, but when the theory prediction is still up in the air how can anyone say the #StandardModel isn't working and you need a #FifthForce? bbc.co.uk/news/science-environ