Comments on: W boson mass measurement key step in pointing to potential Higgs location and testing Standard Model http://www.quantumdiaries.org/2012/03/04/w-boson-mass-measurement-key-step-in-pointing-to-potential-higgs-location-and-testing-standard-model/ Thoughts on work and life from particle physicists from around the world. Thu, 16 May 2013 16:14:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Navneeth http://www.quantumdiaries.org/2012/03/04/w-boson-mass-measurement-key-step-in-pointing-to-potential-higgs-location-and-testing-standard-model/#comment-54946 Navneeth Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:43:18 +0000 http://www.quantumdiaries.org/?p=20578#comment-54946 I accidentally emphasised the word ‘increase’ incorrectly. It should be the second occurence.

]]> By: Navneeth http://www.quantumdiaries.org/2012/03/04/w-boson-mass-measurement-key-step-in-pointing-to-potential-higgs-location-and-testing-standard-model/#comment-54945 Navneeth Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:41:27 +0000 http://www.quantumdiaries.org/?p=20578#comment-54945 With regard to the last line, doesn’t a particle’s mass increase with an increase in its velocity?

]]> By: LizR http://www.quantumdiaries.org/2012/03/04/w-boson-mass-measurement-key-step-in-pointing-to-potential-higgs-location-and-testing-standard-model/#comment-54932 LizR Mon, 05 Mar 2012 08:17:51 +0000 http://www.quantumdiaries.org/?p=20578#comment-54932 “it doesn’t even get a mention in American high school text books”

They’re probably too busy “teaching the controversy”. Have to give equal time to phlogiston, you know.

Personally I find this stuff incredibly exciting, but then I never had a doll who told me maths was hard…

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