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Started by Asmodean, July 04, 2012, 06:16:45 PM

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July 04, 2012, 06:16:45 PM
The ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN today presented their latest results in the search for the long-sought Higgs boson. Both experiments see strong indications for the presence of a new particle, which could be the Higgs boson, in the mass region around 126 gigaelectronvolts (GeV).

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Also, the press release here
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on July 25, 2013, 08:18:52 PM
In Asmo's grey lump,
wrath and dark clouds gather force.
Luxembourg trembles.

Tank

#1
July 04, 2012, 06:19:54 PM
Wonderful news :)
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Asmodean

#2
July 04, 2012, 06:21:31 PM
Just got it in a newsletter today, so reading... Seems pretty solid at the moment. Very nice.
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on July 25, 2013, 08:18:52 PM
In Asmo's grey lump,
wrath and dark clouds gather force.
Luxembourg trembles.

DeterminedJuliet

#3
July 04, 2012, 06:29:33 PM
They've already conducted an interview with the particle.  ;D
"We've thought of life by analogy with a journey, with pilgrimage which had a serious purpose at the end, and the THING was to get to that end; success, or whatever it is, or maybe heaven after you're dead. But, we missed the point the whole way along; It was a musical thing and you were supposed to sing, or dance, while the music was being played.

OldGit

#4
July 04, 2012, 06:38:14 PM

markmcdaniel

#5
July 05, 2012, 04:03:25 AM
Its a very exciting find. Whither or not it is the Higgs or another type of exotic particle is yet to be determined, but either way it is a very interesting find.
It appears to me (whether rightly or wrongly) that direct arguments against Christianity and theism produce hardly any effect on the public; and freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men's minds which follows from the advance of science - Charles Darwin

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Religion is a by product of fear. For much of human history, it may have been a necessary evil, but why was it more evil than necessary? Isn't killing people in the name of God a pretty good definition of insanity. - Arther C. Clarke

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Asmodean

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July 05, 2012, 04:51:23 AM
Quote from: markmcdaniel on July 05, 2012, 04:03:25 AM
Whither or not it is the Higgs or another type of exotic particle is yet to be determined
Weeell... Not really. There is a chance the particle is not Higgs boson, but from what I'm reading, it is reasonably well-verified. The questions now are, among others what properties does it posess? Can it be just one of several variations of Higgs boson?
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on July 25, 2013, 08:18:52 PM
In Asmo's grey lump,
wrath and dark clouds gather force.
Luxembourg trembles.

Ecurb Noselrub

#7
July 06, 2012, 04:34:35 PM
Cern chief Rolf Heuer says there is only a 0.000057% chance of the particle detection being wrong.

OldGit

#8
July 06, 2012, 04:39:29 PM
Meanwhile on the FSM pirate ship they have finally found Higgs the Bosun.  He was paralytic drunk in the bilges.

Also, out on the prairies, they have discovered a Hogg's Bison, previously thought to have been extinct since 1883.

In Salem, archaeologists have dug up the remains of a hag's besom, a relic of the witch trials.

Asmodean

#9
July 06, 2012, 04:51:04 PM
Forgot the hog's bosom.
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on July 25, 2013, 08:18:52 PM
In Asmo's grey lump,
wrath and dark clouds gather force.
Luxembourg trembles.

DeterminedJuliet

#10
July 06, 2012, 04:55:42 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on July 06, 2012, 04:51:04 PM
Forgot the hog's bosom.

He doesn't like to talk about it. Painful subject.
"We've thought of life by analogy with a journey, with pilgrimage which had a serious purpose at the end, and the THING was to get to that end; success, or whatever it is, or maybe heaven after you're dead. But, we missed the point the whole way along; It was a musical thing and you were supposed to sing, or dance, while the music was being played.

OldGit

#11
July 06, 2012, 04:58:12 PM
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Forgot the hog's bosom.
He doesn't like to talk about it. Painful subject.

You guessed. Or have you heard the embarrassing story?  I'm not going to say anything except that it was very dark.
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