In the business world also have high-tech companies, such uncertainty does not. Fancy yourself as a success story of Apple, had "strong evidence" of the next iPhone? But we are talking about particle physics, where a breakthrough could until the end of our understanding of reality. Scientists must be careful to get into another of cold fusion fiasco- where they make grandiose claims, then exposed embarrassing.
Well, the news Tuesday sounds a little faded. The two main experiments underway at the Large Hadron Collider, ATLAS and CMS, both independently, there was evidence of a new particle in the range of expected mass of the Higgs boson. There were clear signs of the Higgs of 124 GeV and 126 (giga electron volt) - right where it belongs, but not so strong that they are written as a statistical fluke.
"Today we learned a great deal of new information," said Pierluigi Catastini, researcher at the ATLAS experiment, Mashable. "We have learned that the most likely window for the Higgs boson, with respect to the Higgs mass is very close. But it is too early to talk of discovery."
CERN scientists have been very measured in his words. Fabiola Gianotti, ATLAS spokesperson, said the results "can be a variation," Guido Tonelli, CMS said that while the data indicate that the Higgs boson, which was inconclusive. CERN Director General Rolf-Dieter Heuer, told the BBC: "We need a more solid number."
Science websites, however, were more daring. Says popular physics blog not Even Wrong: "This is what one would expect if there is a Higgs of 125 GeV, very unlikely that if no Higgs." Writing for science 2.0, Tommaso Dorigo was to say that so far, "strong evidence of the Higgs boson at last!"
So we're on the right path to find the Higgs boson. But who cares? What this means something unimaginably small to have this "God particle", which deal with the real world?
In a word: everything. The Higgs boson is the standard model, which provides a kind of manual for modern physics. If the Higgs boson exists, then the standard model is correct, and physics as we know it lives to see another day. If no Higgs, the model is obviously incomplete, and the new physics are needed.
Many of the physical adventurers really prefer that no Higgs boson, because it would open entirely new fields of research. "If we do not see [him], it would be an incredible experience to be, because then the standard model does not work," says Catastini. "If we do find the Higgs boson, then we will complete the most important piece."
Besides giving physicists a reason to feel good, the Higgs boson we track existence, how particles acquire their mass. It is believed that all reality is found in abundance in the so-called Higgs field, and as the particles move through them, take them to land. There is no evidence, but an inevitable consequence of the theory is the Higgs boson.
So if we find the Higgs boson, science is at once:
- Essentially, complete and confirm the Standard Model of particle physics.
- Demonstrate how particles acquire their mass.
- To establish the Higgs field on a solid foundation for future research.
Higgs boson will confirm what scientists agree can probably happen late next year, there will be great - though, like to move scientific discoveries, is not so big, it's a milestone, as confirmation of relativity theory of Einstein. But how relativity theory of the classical conventions of composition on the physics governing the existence of Higgs theories and some of us are in the direction of how the universe really works.
In a way, the Higgs boson has the opposite meaning of the theory of relativity. A consequence of Einstein's theory was that there was need for an "ether" that the fabric of the cosmos imagine penetrating. However, the "God particle" confirms the ether is alive and well, and is called the Higgs field.
Thus, the Higgs boson at the end of May shows that the universe is more connected than ever thought Einstein.
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