Further collider data continue to clarify nature of the Higgs particle
MAR 07, 2013
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.026824
Los Angeles Times : At the Moriond conference in Italy, groups of researchers from both CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and Fermilab’s now-closed Tevatron collider presented more information about the data they have collected in their search for the Higgs boson. Both groups’ findings are in line with CERN’s announcement last July of the potential discovery of the particle associated with the energy field that gives particles mass. Scientists’ reactions to the results continue to be mixed. Although the discovery of the Higgs boson would satisfy a 40-year-old prediction and complete the standard model of particle physics, the standard model does not explain many unknown aspects of the universe. If the data revealing the new particle had been different, it could have opened the door for theories that explain phenomena such as dark matter.
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