There was great excitement in the scientific world yesterday with the announcement that the Higgs boson had been captured in CERN; see the Irish Times article....
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opi ... 26889.html
It seems to have been a truly momentous event in Science. I appreciate the occasion but I do not pretend to understand it all. I wonder what Simon, the Forum’s Resident Physicist thinks of it all and whether you would be able to give the layman’s version of what has been achieved?
Very coincidentally I started reading Dan Brown’s “Angels and Demons” last weekend for some light entertainment.
Higgs boson captured!
Higgs boson captured!
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Re: Higgs boson captured!
Well I'm long out of physics, but I was quite excited about it all nonetheless. When I was at college we heard a lot about the "Large Hadron Collider" that was being built and how it was hoped that that Standard Model would be completed, so it's nice to get a sense of closure on that!
I can't remember enough high energy physics to even pretend to have a really good grasp of it all, but I assume that once upon a time I understood it well enough. I won't insult you by trying to give a layman's version of events that I only half understand now. For me, the thing I really enjoy about it all is the incredible interaction between theoretical physics and experimental physics on this one. It's a massive triumph for both sides of the discipline.
I can't remember enough high energy physics to even pretend to have a really good grasp of it all, but I assume that once upon a time I understood it well enough. I won't insult you by trying to give a layman's version of events that I only half understand now. For me, the thing I really enjoy about it all is the incredible interaction between theoretical physics and experimental physics on this one. It's a massive triumph for both sides of the discipline.
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Actually the "Non-technical overview" on the wiki page is worth a look:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson
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Super article Simon, thanks for that.Diapason wrote:Actually the "Non-technical overview" on the wiki page is worth a look:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson
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Re: Higgs boson captured!
Diapason wrote:Well I'm long out of physics, but I was quite excited about it all nonetheless. When I was at college we heard a lot about the "Large Hadron Collider" that was being built and how it was hoped that that Standard Model would be completed, so it's nice to get a sense of closure on that!
I can't remember enough high energy physics to even pretend to have a really good grasp of it all, but I assume that once upon a time I understood it well enough. I won't insult you by trying to give a layman's version of events that I only half understand now. For me, the thing I really enjoy about it all is the incredible interaction between theoretical physics and experimental physics on this one. It's a massive triumph for both sides of the discipline.
Yes indeed, I though that the whole thing might get your synapses firing all right. Thanks for the like; I will have a look at that later.
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Re: Higgs boson captured!
I attended a conference last year where CERN presented on LHC, very interesting with insights into both the sceince and the control systems.
You can watch the talk at http://icalepcs2011.esrf.eu/programme/Keynotes It is the one from Guido Tonelli.
Also check out http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18708741 for more sub atomic particles
You can watch the talk at http://icalepcs2011.esrf.eu/programme/Keynotes It is the one from Guido Tonelli.
Also check out http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18708741 for more sub atomic particles
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Re: Higgs boson captured!
"We don't serve faster-than-light particles" says the barman.
A Higgs' boson walks into a bar.
A Higgs' boson walks into a bar.
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Good one.Tertonmike wrote:"We don't serve faster-than-light particles" says the barman.
A Higgs' boson walks into a bar.
Re: Higgs boson captured!
that's pure class...!!!!Tertonmike wrote:"We don't serve faster-than-light particles" says the barman.
A Higgs' boson walks into a bar.
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outdoors and several miles away....
outdoors and several miles away....