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ehsanu1 on July 4, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Live CERN Higgs Announcement in 20 Mins

5 sigma is kind of arbitrary, isn't it? Just a nice "round" number. Obviously better than 4.9, but the line is fuzzy, if it even exists.

Maro on July 4, 2012 [–]

Correct. What really counts is independent verification, all at high sigmas: Tevatron, CMS, Atlas.

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