See this discussion on statistics in CERN Courier November:
Statistics
Tullio

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Early universe revealed at 4 trillion degrees

You've probably heard about the $10 billion particle-smashing machine underneath the border between France and Switzerland. To refresh, it's called the Large Hadron Collider, and its mission is to collide matter at unprecedented speeds and energies to figure out what our universe is made of and how it came to be.

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http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/20/early-universe-revealed-at-4-billion-degrees/?hpt=C2

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/04/higgs-rumor/
Rumor: LHC Sees Hint of the Higgs Boson

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The quest for the elusive Higgs boson seemed over in April, when an unexpected result from an atom smasher seemed to herald the discovery of the famous particle -- the last unproven piece of the physics puzzle and one of the great mysteries scientists face today.

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http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/06/10/heartbreaker-major-setback-in-quest-for-god-particle/?test=latestnews
Heartbreaker: Major Setback in Quest for 'God Particle'

If you read carefully, there is no setback. It reads that Fermilabs were unable to find the Higgs boson. We already knew that it would probably take the LHC to find it. So its a non story about the Fermilab being unable to find something that they wouldn't be able to find with their equipment.

Did you read the comparison. a Model T racing a ferrari.

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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
Diogenes Of Sinope

I don't think Cern will find it either. Maybe Higgs does not exist. Did you read the comparison. a Model T racing a ferrari. Yes.

All in all a poorly written article showing a lack of understanding of the issues.

The Higgs will be found --I predict--when full energy is turned up at Cern. I don't know whether or not they have yet achieved the energy of the Tevatron at Fermilab. I predict no wimps or dark matter will be found.

LHC is running at 3.5 TeV per beam, with high luminosity, that is more than double the Tevatron energy.
Tullio

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I recall that the Top Quark was a lot heavier than what was thought. What is the prediction for the energy level necessary to find the Higgs?.

I used to have just a hunch that Fermi-lab should have found it by now. Looks like this was not to be.

If the Higgs mass prediction is actually at 180 Gev/c2 as an upper limit shouldn't it have been found by now?

People at Tevatron found a peak at 145 GeV but another group, always at Tevatron, did not see any, so they are discussing its meaning. LHC has not seen it either. But data analysis may take a long time. I am running a CERN program as an Alpha tester on my Linux box. Maybe I shall find the Higgs and become famous!
Tullio

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I am rooting for you Tullio !!

Thanks William and Chris, but this is a collective effort. Only the guys who found two new pulsars at Einstein@home became famous and will be honored on July 2 in Hannover at the Max Planck Institute.Cheers.
Tullio

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Researchers at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) may be close to answering one of life's greatest mysteries.

The organization recently announced by the end of 2012, researchers will know whether or not Higgs boson, or the "God Particle" truly exists and caused the creation of the stars and planets. The Higgs boson may be the particle that explains the Big Bang, a piece of flying debris that turned into the stars and planets. It is named after British physicist Peter Higgs who first mentioned the particle was responsible for the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago.



http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/186546/20110725/higgs-boson-god-particle-existence-cern-large-haldron-collider.htm
Scientists Zone in On God Particle’s Existence

Why?? The Higgs boson so important???

Why?? The Higgs boson so important???

Yes. It should explain the existence of massive particles in the Standard Model of elementary particles. If it does not exist, the Standard Model is wrong and physics should be rewritten. But both LHC and Tevatron are closing on it. LHC is also making use of a BOINC project called LHC@home 2.0, to which I participate as an Alpha tester. It should go in Beta test soon.
Tullio

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Can you please post when LHC@Home 2.0 comes online in full production? I'd like to be a part of it.

Can you please post when LHC@Home 2.0 comes online in full production? I'd like to be a part of it.

Sure I will.
Tullio

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LHC 2.0 has gone beta. No more need for an invitation code.
Test4Theory
Tullio

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Thanks!

LHC 2.0 has gone beta. No more need for an invitation code.
Test4Theory
Tullio

Warning, though. It isn't as simple as just signing up like any other BOINC project. You have to install VirtualBox first and run it as a virtual machine.

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BOINCstats says there are 145 users but I stopped counting after one thousand. Many have registered on August 3.
Tullio

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