Author Archives: woit

Short Items, Higgs-free

Posted on July 7, 2012 by woit

The Simons Foundation has some more wonderful interviews with mathematicians. There’s one with Pierre Deligne, and another with Robert MacPherson. The MacPherson piece describes not just mathematics, but also the unusual personal and professional collaboration of MacPherson and his student … Continue reading →

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Court Judgement in Nature/El Naschie Case

Posted on July 7, 2012 by woit

Nature has finally won its court case against Mohamed El Naschie, see here. This was based on a 2008 Nature story by Quirin Schiermeier, which during the case was removed from the Net, but now is back up. The court … Continue reading →

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Higgs, Higgs, Higgs

Posted on July 5, 2012 by woit

I’m trying to get over my Higgs obsession, and move on to other topics, but one last posting about this for now… The first thing to say is that this is the biggest thing to happen in fundamental physics in … Continue reading →

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Happy Higgs Day

Posted on July 3, 2012 by woit

I hear reports that mobs of possibly violent physics live-bloggers have massed outside the CERN auditorium where the Higgs results will be discussed tomorrow morning. I’m going to sleep through this, then wake up late tomorrow (it’s a vacation day … Continue reading →

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CERN: We Have Observed a New Particle

Posted on July 3, 2012 by woit

A commenter here reports that a CERN video announcing that “We have observed a new particle” was released early, and is available here. Note that the language used refers to “observation” NOT “discovery”, indicating that CERN has decided on a … Continue reading →

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Proof Evidence of “God Particle” Found

Posted on July 2, 2012 by woit

Besides the Daily Mail, the AP is now reporting Proof of “God Particle” Found. They include the caveat: But after decades of work and billions of dollars spent, researchers at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, aren’t quite … Continue reading →

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Higgs Update

Posted on June 28, 2012 by woit

The Higgs discovery announcement will be at 9am next Wednesday. This is close enough that I can’t reasonably be accused of “subverting the scientific process” and ruining the LHC Higgs analyses by reporting the results here. Unfortunately, no source has … Continue reading →

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Higgs Discovery Announcement July 4

Posted on June 22, 2012 by woit

I learned via Physics World that CERN will hold a press conference on Wednesday July 4 to give an “Update on the search for the Higgs Boson”. More information has just appeared (including a press release here), showing that there … Continue reading →

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The Higgs Discovery

Posted on June 17, 2012 by woit

Just got out of 8 days in the Grand Canyon which was spectacular, Reliable rumors couldn’t wait, and they indicate that the experiments are seeing much the same thing as last year in this year’s new data: strong hints of … Continue reading →

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Too Much Ain’t Enough Langlands

Posted on June 7, 2012 by woit

I should be packing for my trip, but couldn’t resist one last blog posting, since I’ve recently a run across a lot of interesting Langlands-related material, including: A Symposium this fall at the Fields Institute, in honor of Ngo’s Fields … Continue reading →

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