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Higgs Boson

edgeways — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:03:04 -0800

Higgs Boson explained - via animation or, by click by click comic version. A brief talk about the mysterious Higgs Boson and the LHC search for it, given by particle physicist Daniel Whiteson

By: carter

carter — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:16:59 -0800

This was neat, thanks for posting.

By: quazichimp

quazichimp — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:37:58 -0800

Now that was my type of science class.

By: fuse theorem

fuse theorem — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:02:44 -0800

On a related note: What Particle are You?

By: not_that_epiphanius

not_that_epiphanius — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:43:44 -0800

Yeah, that was grand, thanks. I did some social research interviews as part time job a while back. We were calling graduates from post secondary schooling to see if they were employed in their field, on behalf of the Ministry of Education. I got a physics Ph.D, and it was such a fun interview. One of the questions was 'what are the daily activities of your current job', or something. He said straightforwardly: 'Well, I accelerate tiny particles to very high speeds and smash them into each other'. He was definitely having more fun than most of the respondents.

By: Premeditated Symmetry Breaking

Premeditated Symmetry Breaking — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:00:52 -0800

One of my favourite places at CERN was the cafeteria.

By: fantabulous timewaster

fantabulous timewaster — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:03:04 -0800

Without so much bullshit to wade through, the whole thing seems a lot less weighty.

By: empath

empath — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:18:14 -0800

Without so much bullshit to wade through, the whole thing seems a lot less weighty. Well the "God Particle" thing was always overblown hype, but it's still a pretty major thing if we discover it (or don't) as it's pretty much the last piece of the puzzle for the standard model. If we discover anything else, it's going to be really exotic stuff like super-symmetry or some other kind of dark matter candidate.

By: empath

empath — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:24:00 -0800

This comic doesn't actually cover what the Higgs Mechanism is at all. It kind of skips over all the hard stuff.

By: dowcrag

dowcrag — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:43:01 -0800

I really enjoyed that, even if it does skip some of the tricky stuff about the mechanism. Different person, same great idea: the Cartoon guide to Physics is excellent!

By: dowcrag

dowcrag — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:44:26 -0800

I should just add, for honesty's sake, that I can barely grasp any of the 'tricky stuff' I referred to above...

By: jpdoane

jpdoane — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:21:48 -0800

the LHC just discovered a new particle (not the Higgs Boson)