European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) announced the discovery of boson particles are consistent with the Higgs Boson or God particle. This finding raises hysteria among scientists or the public.
However, the findings still need to be confirmed. Analysis needs to be done to determine whether Higgs boson is the real Higgs boson. Thus, there is still a possibility that the particle is not the God Particle expected.
Ian Low of High Energy Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois and his colleague Joseph Lykken of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is also investigating other analysis describes the Higgs Boson from CERN data found in a paper published in arXiv.
As reported by Technology Review, Monday (07/09/2012), in a paper titled "Have We Observe the Higgs (imposter)?", Low CERN findings revealed that the particles are also consistent with two other particles are not the Higgs Boson.
Previously, the existence of the Higgs boson is theoretically expressed by the British physicist, Peter Higgs, in 1964. It is said that the missing particle in the Standard Model of Particle Physics is a heavy particle and only exist in an instant before it breaks down into other particles.
Searching for the Higgs Boson is not done with the view that the particles directly, but by looking for tracks, such as proton particles or particles of the W boson. Meanwhile, the search was not easy to trace. Traces of the Higgs Boson are not always unique.
Accordingly, several hypotheses can be drawn about what is actually found CERN particle. The first hypothesis, which claimed by CERN 99.9999 percent may occur, is that the particle is the Higgs Boson is found.
However, another hypothesis according to Ian Low is that particles found an undercover particle doublet or triplet Higgs boson, appears similar but not identical. The third hypothesis is, particles that are found may be a mixture between the Higgs boson and other particles. Known, the particle can exist in the mixture.
Low said that the possibility that the particles found an undercover double or triplet is also quite large. However, he admitted, the hypothesis that the particle of Higgs Boson founded is the best.
Low is the message in the paper, scientists and the public at this time can not be stated that the Higgs Boson is found. The data obtained is currently not strong enough to support the claim. CERN still need to make the process of identification of particles found.
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