Higgs Boson found.

[Starswirl the Trixie 974]

They're about as similar as weapons grade plutonium and delicious medium cheddar cheese.

 

I take it you've never bought stuff from Chernobyl Dairy. Probably for the best.

[moneyshredderofdeath 414]

Discoveries like these are always great to hear, even if that of the Higgs boson was a matter of when and not if. It's also sweet that Higgs himself lived to see this day.

[Mephala 2,633]

Thought that said Bison. I was like, "OOH I WUBS BISON WHAT IS A HIGGS BISON"

*leaves disappointed*

[Love4discord18 269]

I really don't know what it means but it sounds cool.

[A Blithering Div 247]

Silly string theorists must be really fuzzing angry right about now.

[Mr. Wobbels 664]

OK. Someone please explain this to me like I'm 3. I saw this on Reddit earlier and looked at a post under the "Explain like I'm 5" Subreddit, basically explaining like I'm five what a Higgs-Boson Particle is and how it impacts us. I need someone to explain like I was fresh out the womb or something. Please?

 

Higgs Bosons are what give everything mass and it's really complicated.

[AIMonkey 197]

As it stands now it seems the only certainty (within scientifically acceptable standards) is that we have a new elementary particle... That's it, the only certainty that every scientist (involved) seems to agree with

Edit: And being a Boson yes

 

It's just one thing, but it's quite a big thing This hasn't happened in like 20 years!

The amount of questions it brings... well, the first is "What Do we have?!" They don't know if it's the actual Higgs Boson they were looking for in the first place. They expect it to be given the available statistics on it. But they can't be certain at this point.

 

For all they know it could be a totally different particle it seems. Heh, it could even be a Higgs Boson but not THE Higgs Boson they were looking for...

 

Should be interesting to see how many questions this all will bring with it.

Edited July 5, 2012 by AIMonkey

[Mr. Wobbels 664]

They don't know if it's the actual Higgs Boson they were looking for in the first place. They expect it to be given the available statistics on it. But they can't be certain at this point.

 

Well, it was a boson with a mass of 125.3±0.6 GeV/c^2, so it was probably the Higgs Boson (certainty of 5σ [99.9999%]).

[AIMonkey 197]

Well, it was a boson with a mass of 125.3±0.6 GeV/c^2, so it was probably the Higgs Boson (certainty of 5σ [99.9999%]).

 

Yes sorry Indeed they also know it's a Boson. Made a small edit to my post

 

But for it to be the Higgs Boson they were looking for they will need more information besides the mass. Seems the first or primary thing they are looking at is the spin of the particle. Which is expected to be 0. And it seems that even if it's 0 it might still be a different Higgs Boson than the one they were looking for... Make me wonder how much further this will go lol

[Doctor XFizzle 8,651]

We can find the Higgs Boson, yet we still can't find the body of Jimmy Hoffa or the Lindburgh baby. Let's multitask, people!

[OhMyGodPancakes 32]

My face trying to read an article about the higgs boson

[InfinityWhale 771]

And now the string theorist is sad...

[Paragon_143 4]

"The CERN teams did not outright say that they have discovered the Higgs boson itself, which has been the focus of a 40-plus year pursuit.

The Higgs boson, which was first proposed in the 1960s by the English physicist Peter Higgs, is believed to give all matter in the universe size and shape.

" Quoted from *http://news.yahoo.com/god-particle-discovered-european-researchers-claim-discovery-higgs-101720774--abc-news-tech.html*

 

So, it's not yet sure that it's found...

 

But really, that would help in proving the Big Bang as stated earlier... XD

[Mr. Wobbels 664]

So, it's not yet sure that it's found...

 

They're pretty sure (99.9999%), but they're still evaluating the data to make sure that it's not a different boson.

[cuteycindyhoney 13,284]

I found a dollar today!

[None42069 520]

Pft. I found it a while back. It was behind the couch.

[Comet Tail 808]

I have no idea what this means or could mean, but it sounds like it can be a monumental finding and development

 

Hmm. I may be wrong, but I think mass is essentially something like waves in a sea made of Higgs Bosons. Higgs carry mass, are responsible for gravity and a lot of things.

 

Discovering it's real and you're not crazy and not just math is the first step to learning to control it. I want to see anti-gravity before I die, baby!

 

So I take it the Standard Model is now complete?

 

 

My Little Particle,

My Little Particle...

 

My Little Particle

I used to wonder what matter could be

Until you all shared it's physics with me

Big kinetics!

Tons of work!

A beautiful bond faithful and strong!

Sharing electrons!

It's an easy feat!

And the Higgs make it all complete!

 

 

[What I wrote should be read at a slower tempo than the music...]

 

My Little Quantum, My little Particles,

What is spacetime all about?

My Little Quantum, My little Particles,

Matter is Bosons!

_{My little Physics!}

I used to wonder what matter could be!

My little Physics!

Until you all showed the Bosons to me!

When science was young we had lots of loose ends,

String theory seemed worth the effort it expends,

But my Higgs Boson, you opened up my eyes,

And now the truth is crystal clear as Rayleigh-scattered skies

And it's such a wonderful surprise

My little Physics!

I used to wonder what matter could be!

My little Physics!

Until you all showed the Bosons to me!

When Particles don't collide

you'll re-work at my side,

Kinetics are never in short supply

Once CERN'd twice: certify

For clarity no pony can deny;

You're the Brian Greene of my eye

A light that shines so beautiful

An ITER to come by

And it all makes nuclear fusion

As easy as Pinkie Pie!

 

My little Physics!

I used to wonder what matter could be!

My little Physics!

Until you all showed the Bosons to me!

Edited July 7, 2012 by EASA - Matt

[sirseansy 87]

My squee could not be contained....