What would be the possible applications of this discovery? At 01.23 2012.07.03, you wrote: >> According to this press release: >> >>=20 >http://www.fnal.gov/pub/presspass/press_releases/2012/Higgs-Tevatron-2 >0120702.html >> >> it has only been established to 2.9 sigma. > >To be fair, that's for bottom-quark decay mode at the US- >based Tevatron. At the LHC they are trying to detect it by its >decay into photons, for which they claim a 4 sigma result. If >either facility designs detectors for the other decay modes that >should back up the other's data > >So far the corroboration between Tevatron and LHC implies >the likelihood of a Higgs boson rather than ruling it out absolutely > >Joe=20 > >--=20 >http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >View/change your membership options at >http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .