2301: Turtle Sandwich Standard Model

2020-05-02T16:47:59Z

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{{comic
| number = 2301
| date = May 1, 2020
| title = Turtle Sandwich Standard Model
| image = turtle_sandwich_standard_model.png
| titletext = It's possible the bread and shell can be split into a top and bottom flavor, and some models additionally suggest Strange Bread and Charm Shells.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Created by a TURTLE EATING A SANDWICH. The original explanation was obviously erroneous and needs to be replaced. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}

This comic references particle physics. The {{w|Standard Model}} of physics explains the base particles and fields that make up the universe, including the quarks, which have six flavors: up, down, top, bottom, strange, charm. While much of the theory was written earlier on, it took a long time for experiments to catch up. Hence, there were many particles that were theorized to exist, but had not yet been found, like the two unconfirmed turtle/sandwich mixes.

As parts of the standard model are still missing it is theoretically possible that the standard particle model is as wrong as the model that sandwiches and turtles are made of combinations of 4 interchangeable parts.

==Transcript==

:[A two-by-two grid, with a piece of bread next to the top left cell; a turtle shell next to the bottom left cell; lettuce, cheese, and tomato above the top left cell; and an turtle head enclosed in a circle above the top right cell.]

:[Top left cell: an image of a sandwich.]
✔ CONFIRMED

:[Top right cell: an image of a shell-less turtle sandwiched between two slices of bread.]
(?)

:[Bottom left cell: an image of a turtle shell housing lettuce, cheese, and tomato - the contents of a sandwich.]
(?)

:[Bottom right cell: an image of a turtle.]
✔ CONFIRMED

:[Caption below the panel]
Our lab is working to detect the two missing pieces of the turtle-sandwich standard model.

{{comic discussion}}
[[Category:Science]]
[[Category:Physics]]

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2301: Turtle Sandwich Standard Model