Try that with quarks, that have almost no mass compared to the proton or neutron? Fail.
The Higgs boson in that story? Fail.
Variable Higgs mass depending on context? Fail.
Sorry dude...
I don't know this (French) person (though I have been told the name but I forgot).
From the pictures and comments it is clear that:
- he/she arrived before 4.10am, becuase when I arrived the queue was longer.
- he/she was sitting quite a bit left and 1 or 2 rows behind me; I didn't watch my back much.
- he/she doesn't know Joe or he/she wouldn't call him boring.
- we must all have been wearing invisible underwear.
- I have never made out with him/her.
We know all about the Standard Model Higgs boson, except its mass which is a free parameter; at least in the Standard Model.
We knew also that it couldn't be too heavy (~1TeV) or theoretical problems would arise that need new physics to remedy.
I made it in the auditorium after queueing through half the night, but it was totally worth it. The atmosphere was collegeial and almost rapturous, one of sharing a feeling that we have as a whole community worked for so long to prove some mathematical construction of almost 50 years ago to be really realized in nature.
And let it now please NOT be a standard-model Higgs boson, but something a little more intriguing!
You're of course right. The reason she went into science had to do with the "real science" aspect, and with it providing an opportunity to develop and grow above the world she came from.
There is really no need for stereotypes. Women in science are often really just regular women.
Maybe they can use the selling argument that in science (in my experience at least) women are well respected, maybe more than in high-profile corporate environments.
She does keep her high heels, but actually underdresses occasionally, since our work floor (CERN) is very male dominated. The underdressing is not because the men can't behave, it's all very professional here in that respect, but mostly because she wouldn't want worldly things like that to be in the way of what should matter at work: the science.
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Try that with quarks, that have almost no mass compared to the proton or neutron? Fail. The Higgs boson in that story? Fail. Variable Higgs mass depending on context? Fail. Sorry dude...
I don't know this (French) person (though I have been told the name but I forgot).
From the pictures and comments it is clear that:
- he/she arrived before 4.10am, becuase when I arrived the queue was longer.
- he/she was sitting quite a bit left and 1 or 2 rows behind me; I didn't watch my back much.
- he/she doesn't know Joe or he/she wouldn't call him boring.
- we must all have been wearing invisible underwear.
- I have never made out with him/her.
Reference? This makes no sense at all. You got binding energy upside down, and that has nothing to do with the Higgs boson, which has a fixed mass.
No, no, it is really the particle's mass.
We know all about the Standard Model Higgs boson, except its mass which is a free parameter; at least in the Standard Model. We knew also that it couldn't be too heavy (~1TeV) or theoretical problems would arise that need new physics to remedy.
I made it in the auditorium after queueing through half the night, but it was totally worth it. The atmosphere was collegeial and almost rapturous, one of sharing a feeling that we have as a whole community worked for so long to prove some mathematical construction of almost 50 years ago to be really realized in nature.
And let it now please NOT be a standard-model Higgs boson, but something a little more intriguing!
There is lots of room for more.
In the end, a discovery of the Higgs boson marks only the *start* of the hierarchy problem: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchy_problem
You're of course right. The reason she went into science had to do with the "real science" aspect, and with it providing an opportunity to develop and grow above the world she came from. There is really no need for stereotypes. Women in science are often really just regular women. Maybe they can use the selling argument that in science (in my experience at least) women are well respected, maybe more than in high-profile corporate environments.
She does keep her high heels, but actually underdresses occasionally, since our work floor (CERN) is very male dominated. The underdressing is not because the men can't behave, it's all very professional here in that respect, but mostly because she wouldn't want worldly things like that to be in the way of what should matter at work: the science.
My wife is a sexy scientist. Really. She loves high heels and nail polish. And physics. Believe me, it's true.