Higgs Boson found?

[Tituscrow]

http://m.guardian.co.uk/science/2011...e&type=article

Wow. Extremely excited about this.

[fdeck]

They're being quite conservative about reporting their results. A similar atmosphere surrounded the initial reporting of events suggesting the top quark.

[Tituscrow]

True. Nevertheless, still intriguing stuff. The Dawn of the New Enlightenment approaches...

[i_got_a_mohawk]

Shall have to wait and see, even if they have, it'll need to be vetted and repeated to try and confirm.

On a site note, I've briefly met Peter Higgs, and let him cut infront of me to get a Coffee

[Tituscrow]

Some great pics of the kit:

http://m.cnet.com/Article.rbml?nid=5...bcid=&bid=-264

[MatticusMania]

The results indicate we are about half-way there and within one year we will probably know whether the Higgs particle exists with absolute certainty, but it is unfortunately not a Christmas present this year.

-Prof Stephan Söldner-Rembold, head of the particle physics group at the University of Manchester

It is my suspicion that the professor's estimation is off by about 8 or so days.

[Gard]

Seriously cool stuff, been following the search for the Higgs for well over a decade, ever since first reading "The God Particle" by Leon Lederman - which was a surprisingly fascinating read, for a non-fiction physics book.

[EBodious]

so a higgs boson particle walks into a catholic church (didja hear about this? didja?). the priest comes up to it and asks it to leave immediately. higgs asks, "why?" the priest explains that surely it knows that it is referred to as the 'g-d particle' and thus it is blasphemous and must leave the church at once. higgs looks confused and says, "but father, if i leave you can't have mass."

thank you, thank you. wow, what a terrific audience.

[Gard]

Originally Posted by EBodious

so a higgs boson particle walks into a catholic church (didja hear about this? didja?). the priest comes up to it and asks it to leave immediately. higgs asks, "why?" the priest explains that surely it knows that it is referred to as the 'g-d particle' and thus it is blasphemous and must leave the church at once. higgs looks confused and says, "but father, if i leave you can't have mass."

thank you, thank you. wow, what a terrific audience.

BUH-DOOM CHHHHH!!!

[Time Monkey]

dude thats friggin sweeeeet.

[Munjibunga]

That would be a "no." They've just narrowed the range of its possible energy.

Atlas and CMS have presented an important milestone in their search for the Higgs particle, but it is not yet sufficient for a proper discovery given the amount of data recorded so far. Still, I am very excited about it, since the quality of the LHC results is exceptional.

The Higgs particle seems to have picked itself a mass which makes things very difficult for us physicists. Everything points at a mass in the range 115-140GeV and we concentrate on this region with our searches at the LHC and at the Tevatron.

The results indicate we are about half-way there and within one year we will probably know whether the Higgs particle exists with absolute certainty, but it is unfortunately not a Christmas present this year. The Higgs particle will, of course, be a great discovery, but it would be an even greater discovery if it didn't exist where theory predicts it to be. This would be a huge surprise and secretly we hope this might happen. If this is case, there must be something else that takes the role of the "standard" Higgs particle, perhaps a family of several Higgs particles or something even more exotic. The unexpected is always the most exciting.

[Gard]

Originally Posted by Munjibunga

That would be a "no." They've just narrowed the range of its possible energy.

Exactly.

However, knowing where to look for something is a big step toward finding it. Or NOT, which as is stated there, would be even MORE interesting for the experimental dudes...and quite the headache for the theoretical dudes!

[bassybill]

Large Hadron Rap - YouTube

[Jinro]

When I read the title, I thought to myself "who is Higgs Boson, and how did he go missing?". Now I feel so stupid.

[T-Bird]

Hi.

Originally Posted by Jinro

When I read the title, I thought to myself "who is Higgs Boson, and how did he go missing?". Now I feel so stupid.

Don't, it probably just means that You're young, and not a nerd. As opposed to... .

Regards
Sam

[Jinro]

Well, I am a nerd, just not in this particular field of study

[Munjibunga]

BTW, now would be a good time to break out your tinfoil hats, guys.

[fhm555]

Originally Posted by Munjibunga

BTW, now would be a good time to break out your tinfoil hats, guys.

??? Mine never comes off. It's the only way to avoid the black helicopters...

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