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General Discussion => Science & Nature => Topic started by: Clive on July 04, 2012, 17:19

Title: Higgs!
Post by: Clive on July 04, 2012, 17:19

Scientists using the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva have announced the discovery of a new subatomic particle to very high confidence that is consistent with what we expect the Higgs particle to look like.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/07/04/higgs/

Title: Re: Higgs!
Post by: sam on July 10, 2012, 22:11

I had so many questions on this last week at the royal society.

Title: Re: Higgs!
Post by: Clive on July 11, 2012, 14:13

Glad it went well for you Sam! 

Title: Re: Higgs!
Post by: sam on July 12, 2012, 23:27

I had to explain what 4.9 and 5.0 sigma meant and why that slight difference was so important

Title: Re: Higgs!
Post by: Clive on July 13, 2012, 15:22

It's the difference that is so important.   ;D