Basically: it could be something, or it could be nothing.
Dreaded Anomaly Send a noteboard - 14/12/2011 06:44:33 AM
There's a relatively small excess of events that (almost) matches between CMS and ATLAS. There's not nearly enough data to qualify as a discovery; this is a weak indicator, nothing more. It is interesting that the excesses appear in multiple channels, though. We will be able to be much more confident (one way or the other) after next year's run provides much more data.
Link below goes to the CERN press release; from there, you can see the CMS and ATLAS results.
Link below goes to the CERN press release; from there, you can see the CMS and ATLAS results.
Has the "God Particle" Been Found? - Major Announcement Tomorrow
- 13/12/2011 12:00:29 AM
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Firstly, I can't stand that title. It's as bad as "missing link". Secondly, I read yesterday that...
- 13/12/2011 03:24:04 AM
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Everybody hates it except journalists, who just include it because it's an eye-grabber like "SEX!!!"
- 13/12/2011 03:54:12 PM
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I hear that it has been found, and it was arranged to say "Thou shalt not collide particles".
- 13/12/2011 02:06:08 PM
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No scientist chose that nickname; it was Lederman's publisher. *NM*
- 14/12/2011 06:42:49 AM
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Basically: it could be something, or it could be nothing.
- 14/12/2011 06:44:33 AM
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