Today might be Eureka day, i.e. CERN might announce the discovery of the Higgs particle. Or instead, they may announce better bounds and non- Standard Model physics! Fermilab yesterday confirmed that a detailed analysis of their Tevatron data supports strongly (2.9 sigma) all the indications that the Higgs is lurking in the expected range (115-135 GeV) via b-b-bar decays , but no one has the magic 5 sigma result yet.
Meanwhile particle physicists are all excited and waiting for the web-cast from CERN. Hopefully it will be a faster than the December one. In case you want a blow by blow account, here is the link to the Cosmic Variance blog from Discover magazine.
More later today, when we find out the real score.
5 sigma result at 125 GeV! Is this it?
This blog post is by Neelima Gupte and Sumathi Rao.
Meanwhile particle physicists are all excited and waiting for the web-cast from CERN. Hopefully it will be a faster than the December one. In case you want a blow by blow account, here is the link to the Cosmic Variance blog from Discover magazine.
More later today, when we find out the real score.
5 sigma result at 125 GeV! Is this it?
This blog post is by Neelima Gupte and Sumathi Rao.
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