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Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) event simulation.
Credit: © 2012 CERN
Source: Simulations (made pre-2010) of the Higgs, Susy, and other events.
A brief intro to the current theory of (almost) everything
This cartoon may explain some particle physics dilemmas, at least for the theists.
Source: I.I. Rabi’s Question Answered? by Abstruse Goose
(Note: if you didn’t get the joke, take a look on the wiki page of Isidor Isaac Rabi. Surely you’ll find out some clue there)
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The Higgs Boson may have been found!!!
A typical candidate event including two high-energy photons whose energy (depicted by red towers) is measured in the CMS (Compact Muom Solenoid).
Credit: © 2011 CERN
Source: Candidate events in the CMS Standard Model Higgs Search using 2010 and 2011 data.
More
- Text background on the Higgs, and a glossary of important terms in Higgs research can be found here.
- CERN on Twitter
- Watch the live webcast
- Interesting entry in the blog of the theorist physicist Luboš Motl (Higgs: 17 hours ahead of the world)
The Higgs Boson may have been found!!!
CERN Scientists in Geneva are expected to announce they have caught it today in a press conference planned for 8 AM EST.
Source: Video Produced by: CERN Video Productions. Director: Daniel Rodriguez 0:36 min. / 12 December 2011 / © 2011 CERN
Consequences of the hard life of a particle physicist.