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"It's a boson:" Higgs quest bears new particle
Reuters ^ | July 4, 2012 | Reuters

Posted on 07/04/2012 7:20:50 AM PDT by James C. Bennett

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1 posted on 07/04/2012 7:21:00 AM PDT by James C. Bennett
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Boson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boson

In particle physics, bosons are one of the two fundamental classes of subatomic particles, the other being fermions.

Bosons are characterized by their obedience to Bose–Einstein statistics. This class of particles includes photons and gluons, as well as the Higgs boson.

The name boson is derived from the surname of the Indian physicist, Satyendra Nath Bose, a contemporary of the German physicist Albert Einstein.


2 posted on 07/04/2012 7:24:43 AM PDT by James C. Bennett (An Australian.)
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Paging John Titor....


3 posted on 07/04/2012 7:24:53 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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But who created the boson? When someone proves 0x0 equals something other than 0, then things will really get interesting.


4 posted on 07/04/2012 7:28:26 AM PDT by allendale
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Gawd I love bosons.


5 posted on 07/04/2012 7:29:54 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (A Dalmation was spotted wagging its tail.)
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I’m not going to pretend to know or understand the details, but I think this discovery, if it holds up, has huge implications for the validity of superstring theory.


6 posted on 07/04/2012 7:30:17 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: the invisib1e hand

LOL!


7 posted on 07/04/2012 7:33:46 AM PDT by James C. Bennett (An Australian.)
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To: allendale
But who created the boson?

That type of thinking can stretch to infinity. Somewhere along the line 'something' had to have been here since the beginning, if there even was a beginning.

8 posted on 07/04/2012 7:35:32 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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The search begins for its corresponding anti-particle — the boson’s mate, as it were...


9 posted on 07/04/2012 7:35:50 AM PDT by mikrofon (Fun w/ Fyzix)
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This discovery could have been American, but we gave up.

The Abandoned Remains of the Superconducting Super Collider

10 posted on 07/04/2012 7:38:16 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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And that something would also need a reference point for it to be able to begin anything... so it truly would stretch to infinity. In other words, the infinite regress.


11 posted on 07/04/2012 7:38:41 AM PDT by James C. Bennett (An Australian.)
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Does Sheldon Cooper agree?


12 posted on 07/04/2012 7:39:42 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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So, after playing with the theory of atoms for almost two hundred years, they think they have actually found something that is indivisible?


13 posted on 07/04/2012 7:41:04 AM PDT by RobbyS (Christus rex.)
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“The discovery of a particle consistent with the Higgs boson opens the way to more detailed studies, requiring larger statistics...” And larger grants of free money from the USA.


14 posted on 07/04/2012 7:42:05 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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“The discovery of a particle consistent with the Higgs boson opens the way to more detailed studies, requiring larger statistics...” And larger grants of free money from the USA.


15 posted on 07/04/2012 7:42:25 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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Ahh yes...but a very uncertain future awaits, so it would seem...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/14/us-china-bo-guagua-idUSBRE83C1JF20120414


16 posted on 07/04/2012 7:45:54 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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I practical and applied terms, where can this lead us?


17 posted on 07/04/2012 7:49:14 AM PDT by umgud (No Rats, No Rino's)
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18 posted on 07/04/2012 7:55:14 AM PDT by Dick Vomer (democrats are like flies, whatever they don't eat they sh#t on.)
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To: James C. Bennett
We continue to discover the complexity of the creation....
... and the wisdom, power and artistry of the Creator.

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For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen...

...Being understood from what has been made,
.... so that people are without excuse.

--Romans 1:20 (NIV)

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God bless...

19 posted on 07/04/2012 8:04:06 AM PDT by Wings-n-Wind (The main things are the plain things!)
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It’s all probably a vast waste of time and resources.
Mans wisdom is foolishness to G_d. (paraphrase)
Who knows though? Surely not me.


20 posted on 07/04/2012 8:10:27 AM PDT by paintriot
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