Theorists perplexed by hints of unexpected new particle
Hundreds of papers attempt explanation for surprising LHC data

NEW LIGHT A possible new particle shows up in proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider that produce two photons, as in an event (illustrated here) seen by the CMS detector.
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