Higgs boson: Scientists find signs of missing 'God particle'

[Apollyon]

GENEVA: Scientists said on Tuesday they had found signs of the Higgs boson, an elementary particle believed to have played a vital role in the creation of the universe

after the Big Bang.

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Higgs boson: Scientists find signs of missing 'God particle' - The Times of India

Peter Higgs is best known for his 1960s proposal of broken symmetry in electroweak theory explaining the origin of W and Z bosons in particular. This so-called Higgs mechanism which had several inventors besides Higgs at about the same time, predicts the existence of a new particle, the Higgs boson (often described as "the most sought-after particle in modern physics"). Although this particle has not turned up in accelerator experiments so far, the Higgs mechanism is generally accepted as an important ingredient in the Standard Model of particle physics, without which particles would have no mass

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[Vyom]

Finding signs is no good, it is so elusive that it must be proved beyond doubt to be believed.

 

[W.G.Ewald]

Finding signs is no good, it is so elusive that it must be proved beyond doubt to be believed.

I am not yet convinced of Atomic Theory.

 

[p2prada]

I am not yet convinced of Atomic Theory.

Nuclear weapons wouldn't have been possible if not for Atomic theory. We get fission bombs and thermonuclear bombs by splitting atoms and joining them resply.

Tank armour and ammunition also needs intricate knowledge of atomic theory.

Air wouldn't exist as we know it without the laws defining atomic theory.

Some aspects may be wrong or a tad bit different, but the general idea is conclusive enough for it to exist.

 

[Singh]

Nuclear weapons wouldn't have been possible if not for Atomic theory. We get fission bombs and thermonuclear bombs by splitting atoms and joining them resply.

Tank armour and ammunition also needs intricate knowledge of atomic theory.

Air wouldn't exist as we know it without the laws defining atomic theory.

Some aspects may be wrong or a tad bit different, but the general idea is conclusive enough for it to exist.

It is a theory relying on assumptions.

 

[Vyom]

It is a theory relying on assumptions.

Yet you see the results? All theories start with certain axioms, how do you or anybody know they are true?

 

[HeinzGud]

It is a theory relying on assumptions.

Absolutely assumptions lead to discoveries and discoveries lead to facts!

That's how science work

 

[W.G.Ewald]

How the Discovery of the Higgs Boson Could Break Physics | Wired Science | Wired.com

If gossip on various physics blogs pans out, the biggest moment for physics in nearly two decades is just days away. The possible announcement on July 4 of the long-sought Higgs boson would put the last critical piece of the Standard Model of Physics in place, a crowning achievement built on a half-century of work by thousands of scientists. A moment worthy of fireworks.

 

[Nagraj]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson
Lederman said he gave it the nickname "The God Particle" because the particle is "so central to the state of physics today, so crucial to our understanding of the structure of matter, yet so elusive,"[64][65][67] but jokingly added that a second reason was because "the publisher wouldn't let us call it the Goddamn Particle, though that might be a more appropriate title, given its villainous nature and the expense it is causing."[65]

 

[p2prada]

It is a theory relying on assumptions.

Pretty much everything in mathematics is an assumption.

Everything tends to infinity.

 

[Nagraj]

Pretty much everything in mathematics is an assumption.


Everything tends to infinity.

isn't infinity is the only numer which has no exact value.
everything else has a value.

 

[Cliff@sea]

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[Cliff@sea]

Leaked Video from CERN

Something like the Higgs boson has been found – probably, according to leaked video – Telegraph Blogs

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22 minutes ago : CERN prepares to deliver Higgs particle findings

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/07/03/god-plays-dice-on-cern-announcement-possible-news-of-higgs-boson-leaks-early/

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-04/cern-prepares-to-deliver-higgs-particle-findings/4108622?section=vic