[News-releases] Hear About the Higgs: Experts Available for Comment ... Higgs Open House at TRIUMF

[Leanne Yohemas]

Hi Tim,
That's what Rob said as well! I'll forward this advisory to the two
outlets I let know and if they must, must, must have an expert, one of
ours can.
It will probably so elementary... Is What is the Higgs? What does this
mean? XXX
L

On 12-07-03 1:45 PM, "Tim Meyer" <tmeyer at triumf.ca> wrote:

>Media Advisory | For Immediate Release | July 3, 2012
>
>** HEAR ABOUT THE HIGGS! **
>Participating Canadian Scientists Ready to Comment  | ³Higgs Open House²
>at
>TRIUMF: Wed, July 4, 9-11am
>
>(Vancouver, BC) --- A new chapter in the global hunt for the Higgs boson,
>a
>nearly legendary particle nicknamed the ³God particle,² begins tonight.
>More than 150 Canadian scientists and students are involved in the ATLAS
>experiment based at CERN¹s Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland.
>The international teams of scientists will reveal their findings in a
>press
>conference simulcast around the world at midnight Pacific Daylight Time on
>Wednesday morning, July 4.
>
>Several resources are being made available to share explain the
>breakthrough. 
>
>+ Canadian experts at home and abroad at CERN are ready to provide
>commentary, interpretation, and guidance on the announcement.  Media are
>invited and encouraged to direct questions and inquiries to the list of
>experts below (see attached file).
>
>+ In addition, TRIUMF is hosting a ³Higgs Open House² on Wednesday
>morning,
>July 4, from 9:00 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the main auditorium.  Particle
>physics
>scientists and students from SFU, TRIUMF, UBC, and UVic will be on hand to
>discuss what the results mean and what¹s next.  Interactive displays will
>help visitors learn about the Higgs and understand the key role that
>Canadians have played in this important milestone.  The general public
>including students and the media are all invited.  Advance registration is
>not required and there will be professional support to assist with on-site
>interviews. 
>
>##
>
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