"God" Particle Confirmed?

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Mar 14, 2013 3:04 PM
It was pretty much confirmed last year, on the 4th but glad its "official".
Mar 14, 2013 3:04pm
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Mar 14, 2013 3:04 PM
A guy I went to school with works for CERN researching the "God" particle.
Mar 14, 2013 3:04pm
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Mar 14, 2013 3:10 PM
LJ?
Mar 14, 2013 3:10pm
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Mar 14, 2013 3:12 PM
Please call it the Higgs Boson. It's too important to be called anything related to "god". :thumbdown:
Mar 14, 2013 3:12pm
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Mar 14, 2013 3:21 PM
I don't feel like reading quantum physics today... can someone explain what this means in layman's terms, please?
Mar 14, 2013 3:21pm
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Mar 14, 2013 3:28 PM
Scarlet_Buckeye;1405738 wrote:I don't feel like reading quantum physics today... can someone explain what this means in layman's terms, please?
Mar 14, 2013 3:28pm
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Mar 14, 2013 3:30 PM
Scarlet_Buckeye;1405738 wrote:I don't feel like reading quantum physics today... can someone explain what this means in layman's terms, please?
LJ.
Mar 14, 2013 3:30pm
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Mar 14, 2013 4:01 PM
Scarlet_Buckeye;1405738 wrote:I don't feel like reading quantum physics today... can someone explain what this means in layman's terms, please?
Basically the particle that gives matter mass. How the universe was formed.
Mar 14, 2013 4:01pm
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Mar 14, 2013 4:40 PM
Humans as we know them to be won't be around another 150 yrs... so whoever (or whatever) lands on this empty radioactive rock afterwards can deal with this shit. Until then don't bother me with it...
Mar 14, 2013 4:40pm
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Mar 14, 2013 5:23 PM
pmoney25;1405762 wrote:Basically the particle that gives matter mass. How the universe was formed.
As I recall, it would demonstrate that some particles have mass when their composition seems to indicate that they ought not.

Also, it doesn't really explain how the universe was formed so much as it explaining the sense of why it exists the way it does, since theoretically, the Higgs particle can be categorized as something of existence which can be studied in universal terms.

Also, this technically seems to indicate that it still isn't confirmed, but that we have new evidence of something we postulate to be the Higgs particle (the decay that is left behind from whatever "it" actually is).

I'm curious about the theorized origins of the Higgs particle, as my understanding is that they send two electrons (?) toward one another at near light speed and, upon collision, they examine the decay which appears to be remnant of this Higgs particle. Do I have that correct?

Damnit, we need someone with an expertise in this kind of thing to chime in.
Mar 14, 2013 5:23pm
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Mar 14, 2013 5:30 PM
The detection of the boson is a very rare event — it takes around 1 trillion (1012) proton-proton collisions for each observed event.
Mar 14, 2013 5:30pm
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Mar 14, 2013 5:35 PM
Commander of Awesome;1405850 wrote:The detection of the boson is a very rare event — it takes around 1 trillion (1012) proton-proton collisions for each observed event.
Protons! See, I was wrong.

I recall that it is such a rare thing. As such, I again ponder the theorized origin, since the experiment we're using to recreate it still requires it to be a borrowing lender of causation.
Mar 14, 2013 5:35pm
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Mar 14, 2013 5:37 PM
O-Trap;1405853 wrote:Protons! See, I was wrong.

I recall that it is such a rare thing. As such, I again ponder the theorized origin, since the experiment we're using to recreate it still requires it to be a borrowing lender of causation.
Yeah I know that its predicted in the current model, but how they came to that is unknown to me.
Mar 14, 2013 5:37pm
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Mar 14, 2013 5:41 PM
What's amazing about this is how long ago it was initially theorized to exist. We're now seeing potential evidence of it, and yet, it was first theorized almost 50 years ago!
Mar 14, 2013 5:41pm
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Mar 14, 2013 5:41 PM
The Omega Directive

Mar 14, 2013 5:41pm
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Mar 14, 2013 6:13 PM
Yea this is above my pay grade. I do enjoy the never ending quest for knowledge though and find this stuff interesting. However you believe this all started, it is quite amazing.
Mar 14, 2013 6:13pm
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Mar 14, 2013 9:14 PM
O-Trap;1405859 wrote:What's amazing about this is how long ago it was initially theorized to exist. We're now seeing potential evidence of it, and yet, it was first theorized almost 50 years ago!
It almost had to exist (standard model)....otherwise, particle physics would have been set back 50+ years
Mar 14, 2013 9:14pm
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Mar 14, 2013 10:37 PM
Mohican00;1405923 wrote:It almost had to exist (standard model)....otherwise, particle physics would have been set back 50+ years
I get that. The amazement is more in the developmental span between the initial theory and where we are now. I'm not saying it's not necessary. I'm just saying that it's fascinating.
Mar 14, 2013 10:37pm
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Mar 15, 2013 4:49 AM
gut;1405882 wrote:
exactly

God particles, the futile search for life on Mars, etc. Fun to watch.
Mar 15, 2013 4:49am