Scientists Abuzz Over Controversial Rumor that God Particle Has Been Detected | Quantum Physics & Particle Physics | Large Hadron Collider & Higgs Boson | LiveScience

Scientists Abuzz Over Controversial Rumor that God Particle Has Been Detected | Quantum Physics & Particle Physics | Large Hadron Collider & Higgs Boson | LiveScience: "Some physicists say the note may be a hoax, while others believe the 'detection' is likely a statistical anomaly that will disappear upon further study. But the find would be a huge particle-physics breakthrough, if it holds up..."

"Its production rate is much higher than that expected for the Higgs boson in the Standard Model," Stone told SPACE.com in an email interview. So the signal may be evidence of some other particle, Stone added, "which in some sense would be even more interesting, or it could be the result of new physics beyond the Standard Model."