The search for the elusive Higgs boson continues as scientists analyze the data from two recent experiments conducted at CERN, the European organization for nuclear research. On Tuesday, scientists raised the possibility that the data might indicate that the particle they observed was a Higgs impostor. While a standard model Higgs boson fits the data from the Large Hadron Collider, a generic Higgs doublet and a triplet impostor fit it almost as well, according to scientists Joseph Lykken, Ian Low and Gabe Shaughnessy.
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Will the Real Higgs Boson Please Stand Up?
Posted by: Richard Adhikari July 11, 2012 05:00 AMThe search for the elusive Higgs boson continues as scientists analyze the data from two recent experiments conducted at CERN, the European organization for nuclear research. On Tuesday, scientists raised the possibility that the data might indicate that the particle they observed was a Higgs impostor. While a standard model Higgs boson fits the data from the Large Hadron Collider, a generic Higgs doublet and a triplet impostor fit it almost as well, according to scientists Joseph Lykken, Ian Low and Gabe Shaughnessy.