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# Gravity beyond Einstein? Part I: Physics and the Trouble with Experiments

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This article provides a review of the latest experimental results in quantum physics and astrophysics, discussing their repercussions on the advanced physical theories that go beyond both the SMs (standard models) of particle physics and cosmology. It will be shown that many of the essential concepts of the advanced theoretical models developed over the past 40 years are no longer tenable because they are contradicting the novel data. Most recent results (December 2016) from the Large Hadron Collider revealed no new matter particles up to particle masses of 1.6 TeV/c
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Vol. 72, Iss. 6: Gravity beyond Einstein? Part I: Physics and the Trouble with
Experiments by Jochem Hauser and Walter Dröscher
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