Comments on: This is heavy: Higgs Boson Discovery Around the Corner? https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/08/this-is-heavy-higgs-boson-disc/ Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:37:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: scidogs https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/08/this-is-heavy-higgs-boson-disc/#comment-510131 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:37:37 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/12/08/this-is-heavy-higgs-boson-disc/#comment-510131 i for one don’t think they would have put the time,energy and money into the LHC if they did not think it would be found quickly.the gizmo has not even come to full power.whats going to be of great interest is what happens next when things that were not even thought of start showing up and that’s what it was really built to do.

]]> By: Sascha Vongehr https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/08/this-is-heavy-higgs-boson-disc/#comment-510130 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:15:30 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/12/08/this-is-heavy-higgs-boson-disc/#comment-510130 Actually, not so heavy as your title suggests. The mass may be “too light” for the vacuum to remain stable (think doomsday):
http://www.science20.com/alpha_meme/light_higgs_discovered_and_about_destroy_universe-85357

]]> By: NeutrinoGuy https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/08/this-is-heavy-higgs-boson-disc/#comment-510129 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:54:01 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/12/08/this-is-heavy-higgs-boson-disc/#comment-510129 That’s what I’m hearing through closed lips as well. Something like a 2.5 – 3 sigma bump. Both experiments are seeing it, independently, at the same mass so might be more than statistical fluctuation (but might not be at 3 sigma). We really need to see it at the same mass in other channels as well, as well as at least a 5 sigma result. Still, fun times….

]]> By: Lubos Motl https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/08/this-is-heavy-higgs-boson-disc/#comment-510128 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:47:06 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/12/08/this-is-heavy-higgs-boson-disc/#comment-510128 I’ve got the inside info. Well, the media have really received it from my blog that received it from members of CERN. See details:

http://motls.blogspot.com/2011/12/higgs-at-125-gev-and-susy-with-heavy.html

http://motls.blogspot.com/2011/12/atlas-cms-bosses-will-give-higgs-talks.html

]]> By: Physicalist https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/12/08/this-is-heavy-higgs-boson-disc/#comment-510127 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:08:30 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/12/08/this-is-heavy-higgs-boson-disc/#comment-510127 Not inside info, but the buzz in the blogosphere is that both detector coalitions have seen a bump in the two photon channel around 125 GeV. It’s not significant enough to say they’ve found the Higgs, but they might be zeroing in on it. (That is, they may have found it, but they can’t be confident for many more months.)

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