Physicists at CERN, on December 13th 2011, presented the data from the first year of operation of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The results are pretty exciting. Both ATLAS and CMS, two of the largest detectors at LHC, have seen particles in the 124-126 GeV energy range that could be the Higgs boson. But the results are not statistically significant. Hence the scientists are waiting to acquire more data, before they can confirm the presence of the elusive "God particle" (Higgs boson).
Due to the lack to time, I would not be able to write a detailed post on this subject. So for the time being I will provide a few links with some interesting information on the Higgs boson.
- CERN's press release
- A general article on Nature news, explaining the results
Due to the lack to time, I would not be able to write a detailed post on this subject. So for the time being I will provide a few links with some interesting information on the Higgs boson.
- An awesome video which answers the question - what is a Higgs boson?
- Lawrence Krauss and Brian Greene answer three interesting questions about the Higgs boson
- Sean Carroll's blog which explains the results from CERN
- CERN's press release
- A general article on Nature news, explaining the results
Great links anna....
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