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Seminar: Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012 at 3:30 pm

"The Higgs Boson"
Drew Baden
University of Maryland, College Park

Last July, experimentalists reported on the observation of a new particle seen in proton proton experiments at CERN. This new particle might be the first observation of a fundamental scalar, and is very likely to be the long sought after Higgs boson. I will try to give an overview of the experiment and the impact of the measurement.

Location: Physics Bldg., Room 401