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The mystery particle, which the team is calling, "X17" could turn out to be the boson carrier of a new force, or even the interaction byproduct of an old force that we failed to completely understand. Either way, exciting new times ahead in physics as scientists scramble to confirm the experimental results and come up with a theoretical description of the event.
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Fifth Force
Scientific Preprint