Higgs Boson May Be An Imposter, Say Particle Physicists

Mon, July 9, 2012 - 03:27am
Source: http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=7223959ede81c1e095bfde39b15aa049

At least two other particles could be masquerading as the God particle, according to a new analysis of the data from CERN

The news coming out of CERN in recent weeks has been hard to miss. At first, there was a dripfeed of gossip which turned into a firehose of 'Higgsteria'. Finally, last Wednesday, CERN announced that it had found a new particle that is "consistent with the long-sought Higgs boson".