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12 March 2012

Getting Closer to catch the Higgs

Maybe the most amazing hunting so far in Physics! But the final comment sounds very "futbolistico":

"Boost for Higgs from Tevatron data : Nature News & Comment: For the now-closed Tevatron, a demonstration of sensitivity to the Higgs can be seen as a kind of moral victory, says theorist Gordon Kane of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. In 2011, researchers at Fermilab argued for an extension to the machine's run, on the grounds that they might be able to obtain evidence for the Higgs if they had more time, but their proposal was turned down by the US Department of Energy"

Ok, you did not make the goals, but morally won....

 Jokes apart, the search is fascinating. That some indication of the Higgs could be buried in the data of the Tevatron is cool. Taking in consideration the shutdown of the accelerator, and the suspension of the next generation accelerator by the US...

But it is for the LHC to find it. I hope so.

Started a book on particles (going back to my beloved physics) but yet not get a fully idea of what the article is talking about....