Researchers at LHC say on 1 September, 2011 that they are gonna find out if there are Higgs Bosons by this Christmas. LHC spokesman, Professor Guido Tonelli, has told BBC News that the machines are successfully running and thus the search would be completed before the expected date. Professor Tonelli says, "We could discover the Standard Model version of the Higgs Boson or exclude it earlier than expected. Could we discover it by Christmas? In principle, yes,"
Higgs particle, been announced about its presence in 1964 is not yet seen practically but on which most of the theory depends. Two proton beams are collided in this LHC and detectors are placed at the collision point to record these collisions. Generally the number of collisions are calculated in units called "inverse femtobarns". One inverse femtobarn is equal to around 70 million million (70 x 1012) collisions. Researchers at LHC are aiming to complete 5 inverse femtobarns out of which 2.5 have been completed as of date and expecting to complete the remaining by this Christmas. But again Richard Hawkings, who speaks for the LHC's Atlas experiment doubts that 5 inverse femtobarns may not be sufficient to complete the research.
Whatever, either of the two: discovery or elimination of these higgs boson would be completed by this Christmas. Lets wait to see if the result is yes or no but as every physicist, even I wish the answer would be yes as higgs boson particle has been the stand for many theories since ages !! I will keep updating the blog daily with the progress of this experiment and keep checking.
September, 03, 2011.
Ref: BBC news
Pranu :)
Higgs particle, been announced about its presence in 1964 is not yet seen practically but on which most of the theory depends. Two proton beams are collided in this LHC and detectors are placed at the collision point to record these collisions. Generally the number of collisions are calculated in units called "inverse femtobarns". One inverse femtobarn is equal to around 70 million million (70 x 1012) collisions. Researchers at LHC are aiming to complete 5 inverse femtobarns out of which 2.5 have been completed as of date and expecting to complete the remaining by this Christmas. But again Richard Hawkings, who speaks for the LHC's Atlas experiment doubts that 5 inverse femtobarns may not be sufficient to complete the research.Whatever, either of the two: discovery or elimination of these higgs boson would be completed by this Christmas. Lets wait to see if the result is yes or no but as every physicist, even I wish the answer would be yes as higgs boson particle has been the stand for many theories since ages !! I will keep updating the blog daily with the progress of this experiment and keep checking.
September, 03, 2011.
Ref: BBC news
Pranu :)
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