Tevatron shut down, now it's only Large Hadron Collider

[Jyotsna Singh]

http://truthdive.com/2011/10/03/tevatron-collider-shut-down-at-fermilab.html

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Jyotsna Singh

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[Subbiah Arunachalam]

Thanks very much Jyotsna. I am glad some students of earlier years are keeping in touch and sharing the progress they are making. 

I am sharing this news story with this year's batch of students.

Best wishes.

Subbiah Arunachalam

[shashidar k.j.]

I read this on Twitter, it looks like studies on Neutrinos are getting a lot of attention these days. Sir, are physicists moving away from trying to find Higgs-Boson particle ? Is that a new trend in particle physics? I would like to write something on it.

[Subbiah Arunachalam]

Dear Shashidar:

A good question. The search for Higgs Boson is not abandoned. Indeed, it is a major interest of scientists at CERN who use the Large Hadron Collider. The Tevatron is closed largely because of financial crunch in the US. 

Interest in neutrino does not necessarily mean slackening of interest in Higgs Boson.

But I am not the right person to speak on this subject. You may contact Prof. G Rajasekaran of Matscience, Chennai.  

I am glad many of you from the past batches are active in science writing. Keep it up. 

Best wishes.

Subbiah Arunachalam

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