Category Archives: Cosmology

What Might the Higgs Boson Imply? (Supersymmetry)

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The Higgs Boson discovery must still meet several tests to verify that it is the standard model Higgs.  It’s coupling in various production channels of particles must show that its couplings are exactly proportional to the masses of the particles … Continue reading →

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Importance of The Higgs Boson Discovery

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Dennis SILVERMAN

This is a part of a short talk that I am giving to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UC Irvine on the LHC update. The discovery of the Higgs Boson, postulated by Peter Higgs and others in 1964, is … Continue reading →

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Some References for Cosmology: Books and Web Talks

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Having viewed a number of Alex Filippenko’s cosmology talks at UC Irvine OLLI at the end of his Teaching Company lectures, I wanted to list some general public books and web lectures on the topic. Books:  (Even though I’m referencing Kindle, … Continue reading →

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