Is the particle discovered at CERN the Higgs boson?

[Demystifier]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1303.1812

It seems that the recently discovered particle is indeed Higgs, as has been suspected.

 

[Vanadium 50]

Why do you say that? Because now theorists say it is?

The paper says "if you assume a SM Higgs, and nothing else, there are no inconsistencies". The experiments have been saying that since...um...about July 4th.

 

[mfb]

"If you assume a SM W, and nothing else, there are no inconsistencies".
"If you assume a SM top, and nothing else, there are no inconsistencies". Well, the forward-backward asymmetry at Tevatron.

We have the same status for all known particles. Sure, the W-boson has more measured parameters, but that is just a quantitative difference, not a qualitative.