Thursday, 5 July 2012

Higgs Boson Discovered?

 Rolf Heuer, director general of CERN, Geneva confirmed on 4th July that the two teams working on the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) have found it. "I think we have it" was what he said. "It" is Higgs Boson, more popularly known as God Particle. A small intro about Higgs Boson. The theory was formulated by Peter Higgs. Higgs Boson is a boson which is responsible for all matter to have mass. Its been 50 years since this expensive project has been on. CERN was confident of discovering it and obtaining results by the end of this year. They think they have and are 99% sure. Finding of this particle not only answers the big question of how particles have mass but also proves that the SM (Standard Model) of Particle Physics is accurate. The SM predicts the existence of the Gauge Bosons,Quarks,Leptons and Higgs Boson. CERN announced the sub atomic particle to be having mass 125.3 ± 0.6 GeV/c2  within 4.9 sigma. So is this it? Is this Higgs like particle what we have been waiting for. Tests and time will tell so lets wait and watch!

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