EPTHi, I'm Mr. Higgs. I can be somewhat hard to find. I'm a rarely seen little bugger at probably ~126 GeV. It was probably pretty easy for you to find me here. Can you imagine the pain in the ass collecting enough data to discover me at the LHC?
Higgs Particle Announcement Incoming!!! - Page 14
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EtherealDeath
United States8366 Posts
Hi, I'm Mr. Higgs. I can be somewhat hard to find. I'm a rarely seen little bugger at probably ~126 GeV. It was probably pretty easy for you to find me here. Can you imagine the pain in the ass collecting enough data to discover me at the LHC? | ||
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alderamin
80 Posts
All combined data he claims is enough for 5 sigma, which is the accepted cutoff probability. So 125 GeV Higgs it is. | ||
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Sandtrout
243 Posts
Edit: On July 04 2012 16:38 alderamin wrote: He claims 5 sigma probability. This means they officially claim having discovered Higgs. wow  | ||
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
New channel: Higgs -> W boson, W boson | ||
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felisconcolori
United States6168 Posts
On July 04 2012 16:38 IronManSC wrote: stream goes offline. *refresh* Crowd is clapping. WHATTTT??!? 5 sigma. Very very significant. | ||
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r.Evo
Germany14080 Posts
On July 04 2012 16:38 Eishi_Ki wrote: People just started randomly clapping I DONT UNDERSTAND He explained how significant the results are. tl;dr: "Pretty damn close to being right", even with the statistical errors involved. | ||
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Golgotha
Korea (South)8418 Posts
On July 04 2012 16:37 felisconcolori wrote: It means someone gets tenure at the university of his/her choice and a crack at the Nobel prize for physics. Beyond that? It may in fact lead to greater understanding of the universe. this seems nobel peace prize worthy! | ||
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dainbramage
Australia1442 Posts
On July 04 2012 16:38 IronManSC wrote: stream goes offline. *refresh* Crowd is clapping. WHATTTT??!? Combined H-->gamma+gamma and H-->ZZ gives a 5 sigma result for a higgs boson at 125.5 GeV | ||
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frogmelter
United States971 Posts
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EtherealDeath
United States8366 Posts
5 sigma = probably that there is no Higgs given current data is ~0.0000573% edit - oops overtyped zeroes first time | ||
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Golgotha
Korea (South)8418 Posts
On July 04 2012 16:39 frogmelter wrote: 5 standard deviations = 0.0000573303% that they are wrong thank you! oh man so this is history? landmark event in science? | ||
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SpiffD
Denmark1264 Posts
On July 04 2012 16:38 IronManSC wrote: stream goes offline. *refresh* Crowd is clapping. WHATTTT??!? Use alternate link at the bottom of page for smoother stream | ||
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Cascade
Australia5405 Posts
On July 04 2012 16:36 Golgotha wrote: i am sorry to ask a question now when you scientists are all closely listening to this announcement. I understand that they seem to have found an elusive particle and can now back it up with enormous amounts of data and tech. they prove that it exists because they can now "see" after years of research and work. BUT, what does the higgs boson prove? [that the current model of particle physics (the standard model) is on track.] will it's existence change anything? [not much. was expected by many, if not most.] will it bring about leaps in technology? [Nope.] Explain the origin of the universe (big bang?)? [A small step closer maybe, but not really groundbreaking I'd say.] What does this mean? [PARTY AT CERN EVERYONE INVITED!!! :D] Thank you! | ||
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Kergy
Peru2011 Posts
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
AND ONLY 1 EXPERIMENT!! Combine that with the other experiment, and the error will be even smaller! | ||
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Sandtrout
243 Posts
On July 04 2012 16:41 kingjames01 wrote: Also, remember, that is only the first 2 channels! AND ONLY 1 EXPERIMENT!! Combine that with the other experiment, and the error will be even smaller! Yeah, I really hope Atlas has similar significant results and I think they will | ||
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Cascade
Australia5405 Posts
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kingjames01
Canada1603 Posts
Higgs -> bottom quark, anti-bottom quark channel | ||
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Notfragile
Greece713 Posts
Because it solidifies the current physics model. If the Higgs boson wasn't found, then the standard model would collapse (of course it's not as simple and absolute as "collapse" but you get the point). In modern physics, there are math to find stuff then many years later experiments are made to prove the math were right. So it's research on paper --> research on colliders --> proof --> more research on paper Imagine the research of everyone in the world, which was based on the standard model being suddently irrelevant!! That's why it's so bloody important | ||
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alderamin
80 Posts
Well US and your Superconducting Super Collider, eat your heart out. | ||
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