CERN now 99.999999999% sure it has found the Higgs boson

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

In one of the last updates before the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) shuts down until 2015, CERN has announced that its observation of the Higgs boson (or a particle that is Higgs-like) is now approaching 7 sigma certainty.

5 sigma — 99.9999% certainty, or more correctly a 0.00001% chance that you have made a faulty observation — is the threshold for an observation to be labeled a scientific discovery. CERN crossed the 5 sigma threshold this summer. At 7 sigma, both the CMS and ATLAS teams are reporting that there’s only a 0.0000000001% chance that they haven’t found a Higgs-like particle.

Over the last few months you may have noticed the use of the phrase “Higgs-like,” rather than “Higgs boson.” This is because CERN and the scientific community can’t be certain that they’ve actually found the Higgs boson — all they know is that they’ve found a particle, with a mass of around 125 GeV, that behaves as predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics. With its discovery now completely and utterly confirmed, further analysis (due in 2013) will now focus on the particle’s spin, and other properties. Eventually, perhaps after upgrades are completed and the LHC turns back on in 2015, the particle will be officially announced as the Higgs boson (or not, which would be much more interesting).

This is what the output from CERN's ATLAS experiment looks like

In other news, CERN says that it has observed the decay of the Bs meson (strange B meson) into two muons. Apparently this is one of the rarest processes ever observed in particle physics, which means it’s a good chance that it could lead to new science.

CERN now 99.999999999% sure it has found the Higgs boson | ExtremeTech

 

[Dirty Mcdrawz]

while i find this article very interesting, physics was never my strong suit. could you possibly put that in laymen's term?

 

[daze23]

Spoiler

 

[FukkaPaidEmail]

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[88m3]

I appreciate the timing

 

[Rain]

Break this down for a nikka.

 

[daze23]

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

this is the Ether.
this is what makes up the fabric of the Universe.
the space that we thought was empty is actually something that binds everything else together.

it's the glue that keeps all of the laws of physics together and probably more.

 

[Urbanmiracle]

this is the Ether.
this is what makes up the fabric of the Universe.
the space that we thought was empty is actually something that binds everything else together.

it's the glue that keeps all of the laws of physics together and probably more.

cool!!!!!!!!!

 

[Hawaiian Punch]

while i find this article very interesting, physics was never my strong suit. could you possibly put that in laymen's term?

In English, we found the god particle but don't want to call it the "God particle" until we study it more. For now we'll call it god-like particle. Also we found some other new shyt that will lead to more science.

 

[Hawaiian Punch]

this is the Ether.
this is what makes up the fabric of the Universe.
the space that we thought was empty is actually something that binds everything else together.

it's the glue that keeps all of the laws of physics together and probably more.

Actually the Higgs boson is the field that gives particles mass.

 

[The_King_of_Everything]

Right on top for Friday

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

Actually the Higgs boson is the field that gives particles mass.

ding ding ding

 

[Crakface]

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I understand better now. That swagless trick taught me something with my culture.

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

Actually the Higgs boson is the field that gives particles mass.

i agree.

go back to the post of mine you quoted.
i said that the empty space is not empty.
now look at the human body, it's mostly empty like space...like 99.999999% empty...but it's some how held together in a form that has mass.

that's what Higgs Boson is supposed to explain.
it's the glue of the Universe.