Tag Archives: Standard Model

Did CERN Find a Higgs ? Well not quite. But they probably found a New Particle ! and extended their funding for years

Posted on July 6, 2012 by David

You might have seen the New York Times Headline on July 4th “Physicists Find Elusive Particle Seen as Key to Universe” “I think we have it” said Rolf-Dieter Heuer, the director general of CERN. While CERN’s spokespeople were reasonably tentative … Continue reading →

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Unpredictable Motion of Planets and Galaxies (Celestial Mechanics)

Posted on March 19, 2012 by David

(c) Copyright 2012-2016 David Dilworth  Many science afficianadoes assume we can accurately predict the future locations of planets in our solar system. It appears as though our many planets make completely predictable orbits . . . and Kepler figured out … Continue reading →

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