I was drawn to Steemit after reading [a post](https://steemit.com/science/@lemouth/today-i-learned-about-the-madala-boson-a-fake-particle-physics-discovery-most-particle-physicists-were-fortunately-not-aware-of) made by the user @lemouth. In the post, @lemouth gives a description and an objective impression of a wild claim made by some physicists from Johannesburg, that a new elementary particle could be hiding in the data from the Large Hadron Colldier: the Madala boson! My name is Stefan von Buddenbrock, and I am one of those physicists...

2018 will be the last year of me doing a PhD in particle physics at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. I will soon have to compile all of my research and write a thesis about the so-called "Madala hypothesis". In the hypothesis we claim that a new particle could already be seen in the most recent LHC data, if we study certain properties of the Higgs boson. At the time of writing, I believe that the Madala boson *will* be discovered at the LHC potentially within the next year or two (it has not been discovered yet; it is still hypothetical).

This is my first Steemit post, and I will be dedicating some of my time to writing blogs about why some of us believe the Madala boson exists. I will try and be as clear and simple as possible, so that any science-enthusiast can learn something and make meaningful comments. If you are interested in the fate of this research, I urge you to follow my journey and interact with my posts, since this kind of criticism is exactly how science makes progress. If we do end up discovering the Madala boson, you can be part of it! If not, at least you can learn from some of the physics and mathematics that I will try explain ;)

TL;DR -- I believe that we will soon discover a new particle at the LHC. Follow my journey as I blog about my research towards the discovery!

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p.s. @lemouth, if you are reading this: I am incredibly impressed by your involvement with @SteemSTEM and trying to bring good science to the platform. Bravo!