It was a success for particle physics that they found the Higgs, but it was also a tragedy. Discovering the Higgs and nothing else new was the nightmare scenario for the LHC, and so it has come to pass.
Calling it a nightmare scenario is quite the overdramatic description of a successful experiment that validated a core prediction of the standard model
The scenario is a nightmare to people doing the work, since it seems to indicate there will be no new physics until energies at far beyond what can practically be reached. So, particle physics dies as an active field.
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It was a success for particle physics that they found the Higgs, but it was also a tragedy. Discovering the Higgs and nothing else new was the nightmare scenario for the LHC, and so it has come to pass.
It really damaged string theory which is by far the greatest thing to happen with the LHC.
Ah, a glass is half full person! :)
Calling it a nightmare scenario is quite the overdramatic description of a successful experiment that validated a core prediction of the standard model
The scenario is a nightmare to people doing the work, since it seems to indicate there will be no new physics until energies at far beyond what can practically be reached. So, particle physics dies as an active field.