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==Origin==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Higgs Peter W. Higgs] b1929 British physicist
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974 1974]
==Definition==
*1: a [[hypothetical]] elementary [[particle]] that has zero spin and large [[mass]] and that is required by some [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauge_theory gauge theories] to account for the masses of other elementary [[particles]]
<center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Physics]]''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Physics/TeaM '''''this link'''''].</center>
==Description==
The '''Higgs boson''' or ''Higgs particle'' is a proposed elementary [[particle]] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Model Standard Model] of particle physics. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_mechanism Higgs mechanism] is the simplest of several proposed ways to [[explain]] how certain elementary particles have [[mass]]. According to this [[explanation]], these particles acquire mass by [[interacting]] with this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_field Higgs field], which has non-zero strength everywhere, even in otherwise empty [[space]]. A matching boson—the smallest possible [[excitation]] of this field—is predicted to exist by the same [[theory]], and as this would be detectable, it has been the target of a long search in particle physics. One of the primary goals of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider Large Hadron Collider] (LHC) at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CERN CERN] in Geneva, Switzerland—the most powerful [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle_accelerator particle accelerator] and one of the most complicated scientific instruments ever built—was to test the [[existence]] of the ''Higgs boson'' and measure its properties which would allow physicists to [[confirm]] this cornerstone of modern [[theory]].
The Higgs boson is named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Higgs Peter Higgs] who, along with two other teams, proposed the [[mechanism]] that suggested such a [[particle]] in 1964. In [[mainstream]] [[media]] it is very often referred to as "the God particle", after the title of Leon Lederman's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_God_Particle:_If_the_Universe_Is_the_Answer,_What_Is_the_Question%3F book on the topic] (1993). Although the proposed particle is both important and elusive, the epithet is strongly disliked by physicists, who regard it as misleading exaggeration.
According to the Standard Model, the Higgs particle is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boson boson], a type of [[particle]] that allows multiple identical particles to exist in the same place in the same [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_state quantum state]. It has no spin, electric charge, or [[colour]] charge. It is also very unstable, decaying into other particles almost [[immediately]]. If the Higgs boson were shown not to exist, other "Higgsless" models would be considered. In some variants of the Standard Model there can be multiple ''Higgs boson''s.
On 4 July 2012, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Muon_Solenoid CMS] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATLAS_experiment ATLAS] experimental teams at the LHC independently announced that they each [[confirmed]] the formal [[discovery]] of a previously unknown boson of [[mass]] between 125–127 GeV/c2, whose behaviour so far was "consistent with" a ''Higgs boson'', while adding a [[cautious]] note that further [[data]] and [[analysis]] were needed before positively identifying the new [[particle]] as being a ''Higgs boson'' of some type. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson]
[[Category: Physics]]
==Origin==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Higgs Peter W. Higgs] b1929 British physicist
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974 1974]
==Definition==
*1: a [[hypothetical]] elementary [[particle]] that has zero spin and large [[mass]] and that is required by some [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauge_theory gauge theories] to account for the masses of other elementary [[particles]]
<center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Physics]]''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Physics/TeaM '''''this link'''''].</center>
==Description==
The '''Higgs boson''' or ''Higgs particle'' is a proposed elementary [[particle]] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Model Standard Model] of particle physics. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_mechanism Higgs mechanism] is the simplest of several proposed ways to [[explain]] how certain elementary particles have [[mass]]. According to this [[explanation]], these particles acquire mass by [[interacting]] with this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_field Higgs field], which has non-zero strength everywhere, even in otherwise empty [[space]]. A matching boson—the smallest possible [[excitation]] of this field—is predicted to exist by the same [[theory]], and as this would be detectable, it has been the target of a long search in particle physics. One of the primary goals of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider Large Hadron Collider] (LHC) at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CERN CERN] in Geneva, Switzerland—the most powerful [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle_accelerator particle accelerator] and one of the most complicated scientific instruments ever built—was to test the [[existence]] of the ''Higgs boson'' and measure its properties which would allow physicists to [[confirm]] this cornerstone of modern [[theory]].
The Higgs boson is named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Higgs Peter Higgs] who, along with two other teams, proposed the [[mechanism]] that suggested such a [[particle]] in 1964. In [[mainstream]] [[media]] it is very often referred to as "the God particle", after the title of Leon Lederman's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_God_Particle:_If_the_Universe_Is_the_Answer,_What_Is_the_Question%3F book on the topic] (1993). Although the proposed particle is both important and elusive, the epithet is strongly disliked by physicists, who regard it as misleading exaggeration.
According to the Standard Model, the Higgs particle is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boson boson], a type of [[particle]] that allows multiple identical particles to exist in the same place in the same [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_state quantum state]. It has no spin, electric charge, or [[colour]] charge. It is also very unstable, decaying into other particles almost [[immediately]]. If the Higgs boson were shown not to exist, other "Higgsless" models would be considered. In some variants of the Standard Model there can be multiple ''Higgs boson''s.
On 4 July 2012, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Muon_Solenoid CMS] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATLAS_experiment ATLAS] experimental teams at the LHC independently announced that they each [[confirmed]] the formal [[discovery]] of a previously unknown boson of [[mass]] between 125–127 GeV/c2, whose behaviour so far was "consistent with" a ''Higgs boson'', while adding a [[cautious]] note that further [[data]] and [[analysis]] were needed before positively identifying the new [[particle]] as being a ''Higgs boson'' of some type. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson]
[[Category: Physics]]
