The ATLAS researchers measure detailed properties of processes like these to screen the "background" data that gets in the way while hunting for the Higgs.

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Even though he was always surrounded by great wealth, and has properties all over the world, many Punjabis see the family's industrial background as a welcome break from the landed aristocrats who have tended to dominate the country's politics.

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First and foremost is the question of how the invisible background field tied to the existence of the Higgs came to be and why it has the properties it does.

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