Higgs Hunters Talk

Dashed red line

by grumpopete

Does the dashed red line represent something unusual?

Posted November 26, 2014 4:54 PM
by ElisabethB moderator

See the comments to the left ! 😄

Posted November 26, 2014 5:18 PM
by koranzite scientist

It's probably one of the mysterious 'ghost' particles: neutrinos.

Posted November 27, 2014 12:58 AM

Subject: AHH00002wg

by grumpopete

Does the dashed red line indicate something unusual?

Posted November 26, 2014 4:52 PM
by alanbarr scientist

The dashed red line is an indication that the event was "unbalanced". It may be that some invisible particle was produced which wasnt seen.

Posted November 26, 2014 4:55 PM
by alanbarr scientist

No need to mark it as "unusual" though - we expect it when the collisions make neutrinos, which are (almost completely) invisible.

Posted November 26, 2014 4:58 PM