Posted: Jul 06, 2012 6:20 am
by lpetrich
Some video:

Higgs Boson Discovery announcement by Peter Higgs - YouTube
Higgs boson update at CERN: July 4, 2012, press conference - YouTube
CERN Higgs Boson Discovery Seminar - YouTube
Latest update in the search for the Higgs boson (04 July 2012) - the slides

Quantum Diaries - New baby boson is born, weighing in at about 126 GeV - has some graphs showing the Higgs-particle-decay bumps
Quantum Diaries - New boson could pave the way towards new discoveries - mentions supersymmetry-model constraints

Next: atom-smashers with gold-plated diamonds | COSMOS magazine
Particle detectors made from thin-film artificial diamonds are likely more radiation-resistant than the silicon detectors that are currently being used.

The Decades-long Search for the Higgs | SLAC News Center

New boson sparks call for 'Higgs factory' - physicsworld.com - proposes a muon collider to make lots of Higgs particles. I'm skeptical, because muons have a mean life of about 2.2 microseconds. That's a half life of 1.56 microseconds. That does not exactly allow much margin for error.