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greyl

(22,990 posts)

1. "it is unfortunately not a Christmas present this year"

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 09:37 AM

Dec 2011

Oh well.

1:25 PM update:

The results indicate we are about half-way there and within one year we will probably know whether the Higgs particle exists with absolute certainty, but it is unfortunately not a Christmas present this year. The Higgs particle will, of course, be a great discovery, but it would be an even greater discovery if it didn't exist where theory predicts it to be. This would be a huge surprise and secretly we hope this might happen. If this is case, there must be something else that takes the role of the "standard" Higgs particle, perhaps a family of several Higgs particles or something even more exotic. The unexpected is always the most exciting.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/dec/13/higgs-boson-seminar-god-particle?intcmp=122

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Higgs boson announcement – live updates from The Guardian [View all] muriel_volestrangler Dec 2011 OP

"it is unfortunately not a Christmas present this year" greyl Dec 2011 #1

Who's charged up about the Higg's Boson press conference, Whoo Hoo. limpyhobbler Dec 2011 #2