Anomalous data at LHC: New particle?

https://www.theguardian.com/science/...adron-collider

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Scientists at the Cern nuclear physics lab near Geneva are investigating whether a bizarre and unexpected new particle popped into existence during experiments at the Large Hadron Collider. Researchers on the machine’s multipurpose Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector have spotted curious bumps in their data that may be the calling card of an unknown particle that has more than twice the mass of a carbon atom. The prospect of such a mysterious particle has baffled physicists as much as it has excited them. At the moment, none of their favoured theories of reality include the particle, though many theorists are now hard at work on models that do.

Intriguing. My first thought was perhaps it was a dark matter particle, but that possibility isn't mentioned so presumably it doesn't fit the data.

Most likely the bump will disappear with more data, but in the meantime there will be much fun speculation.