Misbehaving kaons could hint at the existence of new particles
Certain extremely rare decays seem to be happening more often than expected

New subatomic particles could explain a surprisingly large number of decays of particles called kaons seen in the KOTO experiment (detector shown).
Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) Center
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