Higgs-like particle observed at LHC

Without going into details:

at 4.9 sigma confidence level (CMS)

at 5 sigma confidence level (ATLAS).

 

This is the discovery of a new fundamental particle. It is a boson and it’s spin is not equal to one.

You can also read the CMS press release at: http://cms.web.cern.ch/news/observation-new-particle-mass-125-gev

And the ATLAS press release at: http://atlas.ch/news/2012/latest-results-from-higgs-search.html

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