Comments for SMU at CERN http://blog.smu.edu/smucern SMU at CERN Blog Sun, 17 Feb 2013 20:24:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on Photo a day: A CERN Snow Day by Allison McCarn http://blog.smu.edu/smucern/2013/02/11/photo-a-day-a-cern-snow-day/#comment-35046 Allison McCarn Sun, 17 Feb 2013 20:24:54 +0000 http://blog.smu.edu/smucern/?p=393#comment-35046 That was pretty much what happened to me, too! Except I didn’t make it 30 feet, I got just outside of my covered parking and was promptly stuck in the snow.

]]> Comment on Live Blogging: Release of ATLAS and CMS Higgs Searches with 2011 and 2012 LHC Data by Jodi Cooley-Sekula http://blog.smu.edu/smucern/2012/07/02/live-blogging-release-of-atlas-and-cms-higgs-searches-with-2011-and-2012-lhc-data/#comment-5728 Jodi Cooley-Sekula Wed, 04 Jul 2012 11:08:13 +0000 http://blog.smu.edu/smucern/?p=85#comment-5728 Post announcement comments: Following the talk there was a reception at ICHEP, complete with champagne. There was talk of where we go next with this result. Congratulations to all those who worked so hard over the years on this achievement.

]]> Comment on Live Blogging: Release of ATLAS and CMS Higgs Searches with 2011 and 2012 LHC Data by Jodi Cooley-Sekula http://blog.smu.edu/smucern/2012/07/02/live-blogging-release-of-atlas-and-cms-higgs-searches-with-2011-and-2012-lhc-data/#comment-5714 Jodi Cooley-Sekula Wed, 04 Jul 2012 08:36:48 +0000 http://blog.smu.edu/smucern/?p=85#comment-5714 From ICHEP — applause breaks out Atlas also sees a combined excess of 5 sigma in the 2photon, 4 leptons.

]]> Comment on Live Blogging: Release of ATLAS and CMS Higgs Searches with 2011 and 2012 LHC Data by Jodi Cooley-Sekula http://blog.smu.edu/smucern/2012/07/02/live-blogging-release-of-atlas-and-cms-higgs-searches-with-2011-and-2012-lhc-data/#comment-5710 Jodi Cooley-Sekula Wed, 04 Jul 2012 07:53:06 +0000 http://blog.smu.edu/smucern/?p=85#comment-5710 And CMS concludes with the discovery of a boson at the 4.9 confidence level when all channels are combined! Applause breaks out from ICHEP.

]]> Comment on Live Blogging: Release of ATLAS and CMS Higgs Searches with 2011 and 2012 LHC Data by Wade Rackley http://blog.smu.edu/smucern/2012/07/02/live-blogging-release-of-atlas-and-cms-higgs-searches-with-2011-and-2012-lhc-data/#comment-5708 Wade Rackley Wed, 04 Jul 2012 07:47:01 +0000 http://blog.smu.edu/smucern/?p=85#comment-5708 Okay. 5 sigma for sure. G0t it.

]]> Comment on Live Blogging: Release of ATLAS and CMS Higgs Searches with 2011 and 2012 LHC Data by Wade Rackley http://blog.smu.edu/smucern/2012/07/02/live-blogging-release-of-atlas-and-cms-higgs-searches-with-2011-and-2012-lhc-data/#comment-5707 Wade Rackley Wed, 04 Jul 2012 07:43:58 +0000 http://blog.smu.edu/smucern/?p=85#comment-5707 It sounds like he is dancing about, not really able to announce official discovery, like they got reaaaaaaally close but did not make it in time for the press conference. Could there have been a snag at the last moment, a possibility that they will NOT announce discovery, or is this announcement a definite lock? I am lost in all the jargon, but hanging on doggedly. I am reading the English around all the terms and his body language.

Comments?

Thanks!

]]> Comment on Live Blogging: Release of ATLAS and CMS Higgs Searches with 2011 and 2012 LHC Data by Jodi Cooley-Sekula http://blog.smu.edu/smucern/2012/07/02/live-blogging-release-of-atlas-and-cms-higgs-searches-with-2011-and-2012-lhc-data/#comment-5705 Jodi Cooley-Sekula Wed, 04 Jul 2012 07:37:46 +0000 http://blog.smu.edu/smucern/?p=85#comment-5705 At ICHEP applause breaks out for announcement of 5 sigma combined result of 2photon and ZZ analyses from CMS.

]]> Comment on Live Blogging: Release of ATLAS and CMS Higgs Searches with 2011 and 2012 LHC Data by Jodi Cooley-Sekula http://blog.smu.edu/smucern/2012/07/02/live-blogging-release-of-atlas-and-cms-higgs-searches-with-2011-and-2012-lhc-data/#comment-5698 Jodi Cooley-Sekula Wed, 04 Jul 2012 07:03:20 +0000 http://blog.smu.edu/smucern/?p=85#comment-5698 And the talks are about to begin!

]]> Comment on Live Blogging: Release of ATLAS and CMS Higgs Searches with 2011 and 2012 LHC Data by Jodi Cooley-Sekula http://blog.smu.edu/smucern/2012/07/02/live-blogging-release-of-atlas-and-cms-higgs-searches-with-2011-and-2012-lhc-data/#comment-5696 Jodi Cooley-Sekula Wed, 04 Jul 2012 06:55:47 +0000 http://blog.smu.edu/smucern/?p=85#comment-5696 As they pan the crowd at CERN, the student with the “Ciao Mama” sign on his laptop got a huge laugh from the audience at ICHEP. We have sound and 5 minutes to go!

]]> Comment on Live Blogging: Release of ATLAS and CMS Higgs Searches with 2011 and 2012 LHC Data by Jodi Cooley-Sekula http://blog.smu.edu/smucern/2012/07/02/live-blogging-release-of-atlas-and-cms-higgs-searches-with-2011-and-2012-lhc-data/#comment-5695 Jodi Cooley-Sekula Wed, 04 Jul 2012 06:51:31 +0000 http://blog.smu.edu/smucern/?p=85#comment-5695 We are now being told that there will be two 45 minute talks followed by a 30 minute question period.

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