Higgs-Boson

Discussion in 'Physics & Math' started by Fudge Muffin, Dec 10, 2012.

  1. Fudge Muffin

    Fudge Muffin Fudge Muffin Registered Senior Member

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    Currently, does it exist or not?
     
    Fudge Muffin, Dec 10, 2012
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  3. origin

    origin Heading towards oblivion Valued Senior Member

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    Currently? As opposed to the past or future?
     
    origin, Dec 10, 2012
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  5. arauca

    arauca Banned Banned

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    I will ask my mother
     
    arauca, Dec 10, 2012
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  7. mathman

    mathman Valued Senior Member

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    I guess you are asking what is the current state of our (physics community) knowledge. The LHC experiments seem to indicate that it does exist.
     
    mathman, Dec 10, 2012
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  8. Syne

    Syne Sine qua non Valued Senior Member

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    The Higgs mechanism is further from being established.
     
    Syne, Dec 10, 2012
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  9. hardalee

    hardalee Registered Senior Member

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    A higgs "like" boson was experimently verified to a high degree of certainty. If is a higgs,the higgs or something else is still open to question.
     
    hardalee, Dec 11, 2012
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  10. Crunchy Cat

    Crunchy Cat F-in' *meow* baby!!! Valued Senior Member

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    hardalee has the correct answer. We found a boson exactly where the Higgs boson was predicted to be found. What we haven't done is determine whether or not all properties of this new boson are identical to the ones of the original predicted Higgs boson.
     
    Crunchy Cat, Dec 11, 2012
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