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Higgs Boson Discovery Timelapse
These animations show the Higgs Exclusion plots and Signal plots as they evolved over time until the discovery of the Higgs Boson. These were produced by viXra unofficial combinations of LEP, Tevatron and LHC data. http://youtu.be/wWOo6fygNz0
A Moment for Particle Physics: The End of a 40-Year Story?
July 8, 2012
The announcement early yesterday morning of experimental evidence for what’s presumably the Higgs particle brings a certain closure to a story I’ve watched (and sometimes been a part of) for nearly 40 years. In some ways I felt like a teenager again. Hearing about a new particle being discovered. And asking the same questions I […]
July 8, 2012
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