Tag Archives: Large Hadron Collider

Gunning for the goddamned: ATLAS results explained

Posted on July 5, 2012 by

Here are some of the photos from the CERN webcast yesterday (July 4, Wednesday), with an adjoining explanation of the data presented in each one and what it signifies. This first image shows the data accumulated post-analysis of the diphoton … Continue reading →

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After the Higgs-boson-like particle, what’s next?

Posted on July 5, 2012 by

This article, as written by me, appeared in print in The Hindu on July 5, 2012. — The ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC Apparatus) collaboration at CERN has announced the sighting of a Higgs boson-like particle in the energy window of 125.3 … Continue reading →

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Hunt for the Higgs boson: A quick update

Posted on July 4, 2012 by

And it was good news after all! In an announcement made earlier today at the special conference called by CERN near Geneva, the discovery of a Higgs-boson-like particle was announced by physicists from the ATLAS and CMS collaborations that spearheaded … Continue reading →

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So, is it going to be good news tomorrow?

Posted on July 3, 2012 by

As the much-anticipated lead-up to the CERN announcement on Wednesday unfolds, the scientific community is rife with many speculations and few rumours. In spite of this deluge, it may be that we could expect a confirmation of the God particle’s … Continue reading →

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