Today the two teams for experiments ATLAS and CMS at CERN in Geneva have announced that both detectors have found signs pointing to the existence of the Higgs boson in the 124-126 GeV range. Their results are not yet conclusive enough to formally claim a discovery of the much-anticipated particle but the fact that both detectors have produced consistent results strongly indicates the Higgs is indeed for real and that its (relatively) low-energy level of 125 GeV is compatible with the predictions of the Standard Model and its Supersymmetry extensions. This is a momentous event for particle physics and all of a science: we might now have a concrete explanation for gravity! See press release for CERN here.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Hints of Higgs boson found around 125 GeV
Today the two teams for experiments ATLAS and CMS at CERN in Geneva have announced that both detectors have found signs pointing to the existence of the Higgs boson in the 124-126 GeV range. Their results are not yet conclusive enough to formally claim a discovery of the much-anticipated particle but the fact that both detectors have produced consistent results strongly indicates the Higgs is indeed for real and that its (relatively) low-energy level of 125 GeV is compatible with the predictions of the Standard Model and its Supersymmetry extensions. This is a momentous event for particle physics and all of a science: we might now have a concrete explanation for gravity! See press release for CERN here.
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