Scientists to unveil milestone in Higgs boson hunt

[pickel]

Scientists to unveil milestone in Higgs boson hunt | Reuters





Physicists who have been smashing particles together near light-speed at the CERN laboratory near Geneva have already seen tantalizing glimpses of the "Higgs boson", the missing piece of the fundamental theory of physics known as the Standard Model.

The world of science now awaits a mass of evidence big enough to be deemed a formal discovery. The secrecy surrounding Wednesday's announcement has fuelled speculation that nearly 40 years of research have reached a climax.

[tony_j15]

The scuttlebutt I heard this morning was they had some preliminary sigma levels close to 5. I'm not sure if that refers to a standard deviation or something else. But apparently its good.

[Chuckiechan]

I all happy for all the physicists, etc., etc,.. but exactly what is the significance of the Higgs Boson particle as far as physics is concerned?

Is it like the final "piece" of the "known" puzzle?

[pickel]

I all happy for all the physicists, etc., etc,.. but exactly what is the significance of the Higgs Boson particle as far as physics is concerned?

Is it like the final "piece" of the "known" puzzle?

"The Standard Model has a few major flaws; the Higgs boson discovery would only fix one of them," said Gagnon.

"We still have no clue regarding what makes 96 percent of the content of the universe. This should keep us physicists busy for a few more decades."

[Chuckiechan]

Here's an explanation using a cartoon:

Higgs boson explained by cartoon - CBS News

It's important because it is important because we don't know what it is and maybe there are more of them out there lurking in well we don't know where they lurk or what the look like only how they might act... or not...