3 ms·
Incorrect, exaggerated title. They have 95% confidence that it's not in the 145-466 GeV range. They haven't searched the 114-145 GeV range. There's still plen
by quandrum 15y ago
Incorrect, exaggerated title.
They have 95% confidence that it's not in the 145-466 GeV range.
They haven't searched the 114-145 GeV range. There's still plenty of work to be done, and sensationalist headlines only serve to mis-inform.
- MaxGabriel 15y agoI don't know how likely other accelerators are to have found the Higgs-Boson, but the article at least makes an attempt to back up its claim: "Lower energy levels have been accessible to smaller accelerators, such as the Tevatron at Fermilab and the LEP—the LHC’s predecessor at CERN—and neither collider had found it. Perhaps the Higgs does not exist at all."
- idlewords 15y agoNeither collider has enough data in those mass ranges to give any useful result. That's WHY the LHC got built.
- modeless 15y agoWhat about the >466 GeV range? Is that considered a possibility? Can the LHC explore that high?
- idlewords 15y agoSee http://resonaances.blogspot.com/2011/08/higgs-wont-come-out-of-closet-part-ii.html http://resonaances.blogspot.com/2011/08/higgs-wont-come-out-... for discussion. Basically, it's possible, but requires physics beyond the Standard Model.