What do the results of the Higgs boson, the "God particle," mean for science? Join researchers from the Perimeter Institute, Canada's premier center for theoretical physics, for an interactive, live webcast as they discuss the latest findings from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, the biggest, most ambitious scientific experiment in human history.

This event, geared towards high school students, teachers and the public, will discuss the findings, background and implications in clear, accessible language. 

Host Damian Pope moderates the discussion with Perimeter Institute researchers Natalia Toro, Philip Schuster, Itay Yavin, and experimental particle physicist Andy Haas of New York University.

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1. 1. Amrit 03:58 AM 12/14/11

   Mass is an energy form of quantum vacuum in symmetry with diminished energy density of quantum vacuum. Presence of mass diminishes energy density of quantum vacuum respectively to the energy of a given mass. A given particle with a mass diminishes energy density of quantum vacuum, mass-less particle does not diminish energy of quantum vacuum. In order to explain mass of elementary particles this view does not require existence of the hypothetical boson of Higgs.
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2. 2. rloldershaw 11:37 AM 12/14/11

   Now that the ambivalent and inconclusive results are in the can, so to speak, I would expect to see the latest Tower of Babel under furious construction as the pipe dreamers weave their invented explanations for the proferred palimpsest.
   
   Endless pseudo-physics papers posted to arxiv.org and all the cognicenti talking past each other, and with never a shred of doubt from the most vocal.
   
   Yoga-breath anyone?
   
   I, for one, do not expect any real clarity until the summer of 2012.
   If then.
   If ever, in this milieu.
   
   Sigh,
   RLO
   http://www3.amherst.edu/~rloldershaw
   

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3. 3. Amrit 09:43 AM 12/16/11

   We have published SciRePrint on our research: http://scireprints.lu.lv/198/

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