Higgs Boson May Be An Imposter, Say Particle Physicists

Higgs Boson May Be An Imposter, Say Particle Physicists (feeds.technologyreview.com) by

lorentz (5), (0.06) on Monday, July 09, 2012, 9:50:33 PM

At least two other particles could be masquerading as the God particle, according to a new analysis of the data from CERN

The news coming out of CERN in recent weeks has been hard to miss. At first, there was a dripfeed of gossip which turned into a firehose of 'Higgsteria'. Finally, last Wednesday, CERN announced that it had found a new particle that is "consistent with the long-sought Higgs boson".

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