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It is tempting to say that this rules out standard model physics in this region but I think it is too soon to draw such a conclusion. It may be that there is a SM Higgs boson at say 140 GeV but the resolution is not sufficiently good to get a clean signal there, or more data may see the line fluctuate down to the no signal level. It is important to remember that we are still at the stage where just a few signal events have a big effect on the curve. More detail will emerge with more data. Furthermore, the plot above is only an approximation that does not properly take into account all uncertainties and correlations. http://prespacetime.com/index.php/pst/article/view/246
Did the Higgs Signal Fade? & the Best Higgs Plots Revealed (by Philip E. Gibbs): Abstract: The CMS excess did not fade at all, the difference was due to a change in the analysis from Cut-based to MVA-based for the dominant WW channel. The ATLAS combinations when reconstructed consistently only show a small decrease in the excesses. Not the large decrease advertised. Higgs boson hints are still alive. What is particularly interesting now is the bump at 140 GeV. Some people said that this excess came mostly from the WW channel, yet when the WW channel is removed the bump is still there with nearly 2-sigma significance. The two bumps peaking at 118 GeV and 128 GeV are also the right size for a Higgs signal but error bands are still too big. Any of these bumps could be statistical fluctuations but it is very unlikely that they all are. With current data available in the high-resolution channels it is not yet possible to draw robust conclusions, but I think I have demonstrated that this will be the best way to find the Higgs with future data. I hope the experimenters will take note and produce similar plots from the official data. Updated results with 2.5/fb could appear within weeks and we will see where the three candidate bumps are heading. http://prespacetime.com/index.php/pst/article/view/247
New Higgs Combos from ATLAS and CMS (by Philip E. Gibbs): Abstract: As we wait for the Lepton-Photon conference to begin, ATLAS have released some new Higgs combination plots in a conference note. These have added 2.3/fb in the H->ZZ->4l channel and 1.7/fb in the H->WW->llνν channels. http://prespacetime.com/index.php/pst/article/view/244
Higgs Excluded from 130 GeV to 480 GeV (by Philip E. Gibbs): Abstract: There are a few interesting workshops and conferences on today that are presenting results from LHC and Tevatron. In particular the “Implications of LHC results for TeV-scale physics” meeting at CERN all this week is the most likely place to look for new results. http://prespacetime.com/index.php/pst/article/view/245
The news was reported earlier by Hamish Johnston at Physics World: "We have heard from a reliable source that CERN will be holding a press conference on 4 July. This is the first day of the International Conference on High Energy Physics in Melbourne, Australia, where physicists working on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are expected to unveil the latest results in their search for the Higgs boson." See http://physicsworld.com/blog/2012/06/cern_calls_press_conference_fo.html
Table of Contents: http://prespacetime.com/index.php/pst/issue/view/30 Special Reports --------
If There Is a Nobel Prize for the Higgs Boson, Who Will Get It? (by Philip E. Gibbs) Articles --------
The Classical Canonical Presentation of Any Quantum System upon Quantization Opens a Door to the System’s Proliferation (by Steven K. Kauffmann)
Quantum Adeles and Quantum Hilbert Spaces (by Matti Pitkänen)
GR Articles --------
Kantowaski-Sachs Dark Energy Cosmological Model in a Saez-Ballester Theory of Gravitation (by Shivdas D. Katore, A. Y. Shaikh, G. B. Tayade) Exact Vacuum Solutions of Five-Dimensional Bianchi Type-I Space-Time in f(R) Theory of Gravity (by Vipin K. Jaiswal, Rupesh A. Hiwarkar, Jyotsna K. Jumale, Keshao D. Thengane)
Essays --------
Educational Horizons and the Frontiers of Science (by Jonathan J. Dickau)
Book Reviews --------
Review of Physics on the Fringe (by Philip E. Gibbs)
News --------
LHC Update: Another Week, Another Inverse Femtobarn (by Philip E. Gibbs)
Higgs Combination Applet & 4th FQXi Essay Contest (by Philip E. Gibbs)
Letter to the Editor --------
Maxwell's Theory of Gravity and Thermodynamics (by Mohammed Alzain)
Prespacetime Journal Vol 3, No 5 (2012): Tevatron’s Final Higgs Results, Fractional Field Theory, Superluminal Neutrino? & New GR Solutions
Table of Contents http://prespacetime.com/index.php/pst/issue/view/28
Special Reports
Mini Higgs Update & Final Higgs Results Showing Excess Announced by Tevatron (by Philip E. Gibbs)
Articles
Moriond 2012 Higgs Summary (by Philip E. Gibbs)
Fractional Field Theory and Physics Beyond the Standard Model (by Ervin Goldfain)
Superluminal Neutrinos? (by B. G. Sidharth)
GR Articles
The (t/z) Type Plane wave Solutions of The Field Equations of Bonner and Schrodinger Non-Symmetric Unified Field Theory (by Suresh W. Bhaware, D. D. Pawar, A. G. Deshmukh)
Bianchi Type-VI Inflationary Universe in General Relativity (by Shivdas D. Katore, B. B. Chopade)
Hyper-Surface Universe with Wet Dark Fluid in General Relativity (by Shivdas D. Katore, G. B. Tayade, S. A. Bhaskar)
Six-dimensional Static Plane Symmetric Vacuum Solutions in f(R) Gravity (by Jyotsna K. Jumale, D. P. Teltumbade, K. D. Thengane)
News
LHC Update: Beams Are Back (by Philip E. Gibbs)
The hints are shown in the excess in the mass range from 115 GeV to 140 GeV. According to Gibbs, "The mass resolution is not as good as the LHC results and the significance of the excess is less but consistency with the other results is what we were hoping for, so well done to CDF and D0 for this nice final Higgs result from them."
However, a scientific discovery of Higgs boson cannot be declared based all the scientific data available at the present. So the hunt for Higgs boson continues.
According to CERN - the European Organization for Nuclear Research, "[o]ur understanding of the Universe is about to change..." by the Large Hadron Collider. This is certainly true.
The key to this change is whether LHC will discover the Higgs Boson of the Standard Model or any Higgs Boson. According to Dr. Philip E. Gibbs who has done tremendous work to keep both the scientific community and general public informed, "Higgs boson hints are still alive. What is particularly interesting now is the bump at 140 GeV. Some people said that this excess came mostly from the WW channel, yet when the WW channel is removed the bump is still there with nearly 2-sigma significance. The two bumps peaking at 118 GeV and 128 GeV are also the right size for a Higgs signal but error bands are still too big. Any of these bumps could be statistical fluctuations but it is very unlikely that they all are. With current data available in the high-resolution channels it is not yet possible to draw robust conclusions, but I think I have demonstrated that this will be the best way to find the Higgs with future data. I hope the experimenters will take note and produce similar plots from the official data. Updated results with 2.5/fb could appear within weeks and we will see where the three candidate bumps are heading."
The absence of Higgs Boson will have dramatic effect on our understanding of the Universe. In that case, we have to rebuild our models of particle physics from scratch.
It should be pointed out here that Higgs boson was dubbed as the “God Particle” by Leon Lederman and hyped as such by the media. To many of us, Higgs boson should not be called the “God Particle. The genuine “God particle” should have at least the following explanatory powers:
a) Explanation of the creations of bosons and fermions; b) Explanation of gravitatonal force; c) Explanation of the strong force; d) Explanation of the weak force; e) Explanation of the electromagnetic force; f) Explanation of the origin of the Universe; g) Explanation of or relation to Consciousness; and h) Etc.
We are in the super-connected Age of Internet and technological wonders made possible through science. There is no doubt that we are also at the dawn of a brave New World in particle physics and science overall. Every genuine truth seeker should seize this moment. What we have witnessed so far is the rise of collaborative spirit in physics. We urge all genuine truth seekers to work together to make the brave New World a reality.
Huping & Maoxin
September 22, 2011
