[Flipside]

Or the Higgs Bosun as some publications called it...

"Yarrr, set sail for the Quark Islands me hearties!!"

[Wobble73]

Or the Higgs Bosun as some publications called it...

"Yarrr, set sail for the Quark Islands me hearties!!"

Yarr, and drop anchor in Higgs Basin! 

This is getting silly now! 

[watsisname]

4.9σ result right in the range where the Higgs is 'supposed' to be, so that's pretty exciting.  Future updates on its properties should indeed be interesting.  I wonder what this will do for the future of Physics and the Standard Model.

According to this blogpost, Higgs at 125 GeV strenghtens the case for supersymmetry:

http://motls.blogspot.com/2012/07/why-125-gev-higgs-boson-isnt-quite.html

Ey, thanks for that link.  A little beyond my comprehension, but still very interesting.   Now I need to brush up on my supersymmetry.

Is anyone disappointed they've found the Higgs Boson, but not the Higgs Bosom?

I hear they saw bosoms in the Large Hardon Collider.

errrrr...

[Mikes]

I hear they saw bosoms in the Large Hardon Collider.

errrrr...

The driving force behind science: My collider is bigger than yours?


Kidding aside... the more articles the I read about the matter the more I got to appreciate just how cool this discovery is.

[Dragon]

The driving force behind science: My collider is bigger than yours?

I don't think it works like that now, but that was precisely the case with cold war era space programs. Especially considering how an average rocket looks like... (especially Titan GLV ). Such "measurement contests" between superpowers can bring some really great advancements (or destroy the world ).

Kidding aside... the more articles the I read about the matter the more I got to appreciate just how cool this discovery is.

That's indeed a great discovery. Not the coolest one that could be, but certainly an interesting result. Especially that it supports SUSY, and I rather like that concept. Next on the table, the Z' boson.