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Well, it does go on to say:

> This observation, which has a significance of 5.9 standard deviations, corresponding to a background fluctuation probability of 1.7x10^-9, is compatible with the production and decay of the Standard Model Higgs boson.

Technically it could be another particle with a 126GeV mass, though that's hopefully something more experiments will show one way or the other.

parent copper 14 years ago

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