Open AccessPreface
Author(s) -
Bruno G.E.,
Chiodini G.,
Colangelo P.,
Corianò C.,
Creanza D.M.,
De Fazio F.,
Nappi E.,
Spagnolo S.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
epj web of conferences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2101-6275
pISSN - 2100-014X
DOI - 10.1051/epjconf/201612900000
Subject(s) - computer science
I review the main features and some of the theoretical attempts to explain the excess around an invariant mass of 750 GeV seen in 2015 at the LHC in the di-photon channel. As this hint to new physics has now all but disappeared from the higher-luminosity 2016 data, the statistical analysis nicely illustrates why only a high level of significance can be trusted in a discovery. The various explanations that has been suggested remain interesting examples of our current understanding of physics beyond the standard model and also of the challenging task of discriminating among them