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'God particle' confirmation

Post by Super Nova » Wed Jul 04, 2012 6:52 pm

Awaiting the formal announcement tonight CET this has been leaked.

This article has a great video description of where they are at. Leaked in advance of the formal announement.

http://www.theage.com.au/technology/sci ... 21g63.html

Caviete on this article is: "A spokeswoman for CERN confirmed that the video was not meant to have gone up online, and is one of several that was pre-produced to cover different possible results of the research."
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Re: 'God particle' confirmation

Post by Super Nova » Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:14 pm

If you want to watch it live today... 4/7/2012 here isthe article and link to a live feed.....

At the moment 11:13 CET it is setting up the annoucement.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/scie ... found.html
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Re: 'God particle' confirmation

Post by Super Nova » Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:16 pm

Press conference starting now
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Re: 'God particle' confirmation

Post by Super Nova » Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:24 pm

They have claimed to have found a "Boson" but they need to investigate what kind it is.

In lay terms... we have found it.... in science terms.... we found something but need to investigate what it really is.
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Re: 'God particle' confirmation

Post by Mattus » Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:27 pm

Perhaps the most important scientific advance in my lifetime.
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Re: 'God particle' confirmation

Post by Super Nova » Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:32 pm

The masses are completely consistent within the parameters of uncertainty... however the uncertainty is still large.....

I am still unclear what is it they have discovered and what they mean by it connects to the mass of elementary particules.... and how it relates to mass in general.
Perhaps the most important scientific advance in my lifetime.
Defintely agree.
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Re: 'God particle' confirmation

Post by Mattus » Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:35 pm

In lay terms, we have found a god particle. In science terms, this is the particle that will confirm or tear down our current understanding of physics. We have yet to know for sure which it will be.
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Re: 'God particle' confirmation

Post by Super Nova » Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:37 pm

Mattus wrote:In lay terms, we have found a god particle. In science terms, this is the particle that will confirm or tear down our current understanding of physics. We have yet to know for sure which it will be.
Nice summary.....
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Re: 'God particle' confirmation

Post by Super Nova » Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:39 pm

Sounds like Higgs may be in for a Nobel Prize now.
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Re: 'God particle' confirmation

Post by Mattus » Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:48 pm

Super Nova wrote:Sounds like Higgs may be in for a Nobel Prize now.
There are 6 authors that contributed to the standard model, but Nobel rules limit the number of laureates to three. Should be an interesting conversation.
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