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I don't know about lhc, but at Hera they had two independent groups running similiar experiments at different sides of the ring without talking to each other. T
by andi999 6y ago
I don't know about lhc, but at Hera they had two independent groups running similiar experiments at different sides of the ring without talking to each other. This was exactly to adress the problem you mentioned.
- pa7x1 6y agoIt's the same in LHC there are two experiments that run independently, ATLAS and CMS. For exactly this reason. The Higgs was discovered by both independently with higher than 5 sigma each. The combined sigma of the 2 experiments was 7-ish if my memory serves correct. EDIT: My memory serves correct because sqrt(5^2 + 5^2) ~ 7