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Two years ago the discovery of the Higgs boson was announced. What’s new?
Two years ago yesterday the discovery of a new boson – later confirmed as the Higgs – was announced at CERN, as the International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP) began in Melbourne. This week, ICHEP is underway again, this … Continue reading
Mexican hats and a metastable universe
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How wide is a Higgs?
In accord with Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, short-lived particles have uncertain mass. So the Higgs boson, which gives mass to other particles, is uncertain about its own mass. New results from the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC have started to … Continue reading
The Higgs boson does a new trick (probably)
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