After an almost fifty year-long search, the Higgs boson’s discovery was finally announced in 2012. But even six years after the discovery of the elusive particle, many mysteries remain Continue reading "Crucial new Higgs result to study the mysterious nature of mass"
Category: Particle Physics
We still need to talk about the Higgs boson
Almost six years after the Higgs boson has been discovered, it still hasn’t lost its magic. It remains in the spotlight of physics conferences and is still a favorite topic in the media.
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What’s up with the Higgs since its groundbreaking discovery?
What has happened since the groundbreaking discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN’s Large Hadron collider in 2012?
Did physicists find what they expected, a Higgs boson which behaves as predicted? Or did they uncover deviations from the predicted properties, which could indicate the existence of new particles or forces that interact with the Higgs boson, or even additional Higgs boson species? Continue reading "What’s up with the Higgs since its groundbreaking discovery?"
Charmonium Physics at LHCb
On 13th of September, the LHCb experiment at CERN presented a measurement of the masses of two particular particles with a precision that is unprecedented at a collider like the LHC. Until then, precise studies of these “charmonium” particles were only possible with purpose-built experiments and seemed impossible to be achieved at a hadron collider.
Happy 5th anniversary, Higgs boson!
Five years ago, on 4th of July 2012, scientists at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Switzerland, announced the discovery of the Higgs boson, the elusive particle whose discovery had been expected by generations of particle physicists for almost half a century. Continue reading "Happy 5th anniversary, Higgs boson!"
Peter Higgs and the Higgs Boson
Peter Ware Higgs, the physicist born on 29th of May 1929 in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, to whom the Higgs boson owes its name, published the papers in 1964 which resulted in a 50 year long search for this elusive particle.
The Higgs boson was finally discovered with the world’s largest and most powerful particle collider, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN.