Higgs results leaked – but are they real or rumour?

[ajaidev]

"Details are leaking out about the highly anticipated Higgs results from CERN. A story on Nature's website claims that two anonymous sources at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland say both of the Higgs-hunting experiments see signals of a Higgs-like particle around 125 gigaelectronvolts."

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/sh...ef=online-news

Oooo this took long but alas we know...

[joshd]

I guess we'll find out in about 8.5 hours...

[Tao~]

CERN scientists are in such a privileged position - they can make a claim and there is no way anybody except themselves can cross examine because no one else has a $10 billion collider or the TBs of data is spits out. Hoping this isnt another mistake like the particle that traveled faster than light (and even if it is, hardly makes a difference because then they keep on searching for the particle while the rest of the world keeps using the standard model).

[s1nykuL]

I would like to know why the Universe needs a petty officer in the first place, and how can we be sure his name is Higgs?

[Motiv]

so the god particle is finally found. What is the point of it then? I mean, what will this information actually do for us?

[gallag]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/scientists-...073025008.html

[Kallenator]

so the god particle is finally found. What is the point of it then? I mean, what will this information actually do for us?

It helps us understand and validates or terminates current theories around it.

The Higgs boson is an elementary particle in the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics. It belongs to a class of particles known as bosons, characterized by an integer value of their spin quantum number. The Higgs field is a quantum field that fills all of space. Fundamental particles (or elementary particles) such as quarks and electrons acquire mass through the Higgs mechanism. The Higgs boson is the quantum of the Higgs field, just as the photon is the quantum of the electromagnetic field. The Higgs boson has a large mass, however, which is why a large accelerator is needed to observe it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson

[N19h7m4r3]

ATLAS reached 5-sigma. CMS reached 4.9-sigma, which is better than 99% accurancy.
Now if they can attain 6 Sigma, No one will be able to dispute it ever.

This is an amzing achievement for all mankind.

[Lightman]

Now it's time for short celebration but after that boffins will have a lot of work to do establishing if it really is Higgs boson and how exactly it behaves.
If not interrupted by major war or natural disaster then next 20-50 years in physics and our understanding of universe will be epic!

[Monkeywoman]

so if we fully understand gravity with this discovery, will it lead to breakthrough for levitation? its an exotic technology but it sure would be xtreme.

[LiquidReactor]

B..b..but can I use it for :banana::banana::banana::banana:.

[netkas]

But can it run crysis ?

[joshd]

so if we fully understand gravity with this discovery, will it lead to breakthrough for levitation? its an exotic technology but it sure would be xtreme.

The Higgs has nothing to do with understanding gravity, it has to do with understanding mass. No it won't lead to breakthroughs in levitation.

[DeltZ]

The Higgs has nothing to do with understanding gravity, it has to do with understanding mass. No it won't lead to breakthroughs in levitation.

So in my crazy scifi fiction world, I spin the idea that higgs boson field defines mass and say I built an higgs boson field nullifier. Would I not have an antigravity device?

[Solus Corvus]

So in my crazy scifi fiction world, I spin the idea that higgs boson field defines mass and say I built an higgs boson field nullifier. Would I not have an antigravity device?

Maybe, if you could nullify your mass and the mass of the earth. Assuming that without mass neither would have gravity.

It doesn't really have to go that far though. Just nullifying enough of your mass, and the associated inertia, means you could fly with a can of compressed air.

[CHaynes112]

But can it run crysis ?

doubtful

[joshd]

Assuming that without mass neither would have gravity.

!!

Anyway, we will never be able to "control" the Higgs field.