Tommaso Dorigo, a collider physicist and blogger, is letting out a rumor that there may have been a 4-5 sigma detection of a particle around 180 GeV of mass. If tis is the case, as he explains, it could very well be a supersymmetric particle. I am excited to see if this is more than a rumor since 4-5 sigma is serious business.
Saturday, June 2, 2007
More Exciting Particle Rumors!
Tommaso Dorigo, a collider physicist and blogger, is letting out a rumor that there may have been a 4-5 sigma detection of a particle around 180 GeV of mass. If tis is the case, as he explains, it could very well be a supersymmetric particle. I am excited to see if this is more than a rumor since 4-5 sigma is serious business.
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Hello,
ReplyDeleteunfortunately my post was read by many but commented by few. I did not get more information through the blog, but I know the 4-sigmas are statistical only, and there are large systematics. The problem with these all-jet signatures is that we do not yet understand very well the QCD production of multiple heavy flavor final states... Nonetheless, there is enough to keep us awake.
Cheers,
T.
T.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the extra info.