Independence-Day Higgs Seminar

The CERN management have decided to convene a special seminar on July 4th at 9am Geneva time (2am in Chicago) at which the results from CMS and ATLAS will be presented. According to the official announcement, the main auditorium will be reserved for CERN personnel, so reporters and visitors will have to view the proceedings via live feed into another large hall at CERN. Of course there will also be a live broadcast that you might be able to access from the announcement page.

The timing of the seminar has nothing to do with U.S. history, of course – it is dictated by the beginning of the ICHEP Meeting in Melbourne, Australia (4-11 July). Nonetheless, American particle physicists might, in the end, have a good extra reason to celebrate this holiday. We will see…