At CERN research centre, Scientists have discovered a new subatomic particlethat could be exclusively the Higgs Boson, which is believed to be a key factor in formation of Universe.
Peter Higgs has already told that he never doubted the existence of the so called God particle in the 48 years since he proposed its existence.The Higgs particle, although important for understanding and examining how the universe was formed, remains theoretical. It explains how particles clumped together to form stars, planets and even life.
Without the discovery of Higgs particle, the particles that make up the universe would have remained like a shake.Speaking two weeks after Cern scientists announced they had discovered a new particle bearing all the characteristics of a Higgs, the retired professor admitted that he had not expected his theory to be vindicated in his lifetime.
But he insisted that he had always remained strongly convinced of the particle’s existence despite initial criticism within the scientific community.In his famous 1964 paper, Prof Higgs became the first scientist to propose a new, massive boson particle to explain how fundamental particles – the building blocks of the Universe – get their mass.
The Higgs boson was considered as the last missing milestone of the Standard Model of Physics, a theory which describes how the known particles in the Universe interact with each other, until the announcement by Cern confirmed its existence.
“I had faith in the theory behind the mechanism, as other features of it were being verified in great detail at successive colliders. It would have been very surprising if the remaining piece of the puzzle wasn’t there,” he said.
At the Cern lab in Geneva two weeks back, Prof Higgs had difficulty holding back his tears as researchers revealed findings from the Large Hadron Collider which laid virtually any doubts about his theory to rest.
But the Edinburgh-based scientist added that he hoped people would simply refer to the particle as the “H boson” and not as ‘the God particle’ as it has been found.
Prof Higgs has always taken himself uncomfortable about the attachment of his name to the boson, not least because five other scientists published papers on the same mechanism at the same time as his paper.
Peter Higgs has already told that he never doubted the existence of the so called God particle in the 48 years since he proposed its existence.The Higgs particle, although important for understanding and examining how the universe was formed, remains theoretical. It explains how particles clumped together to form stars, planets and even life.
Without the discovery of Higgs particle, the particles that make up the universe would have remained like a shake.Speaking two weeks after Cern scientists announced they had discovered a new particle bearing all the characteristics of a Higgs, the retired professor admitted that he had not expected his theory to be vindicated in his lifetime.
But he insisted that he had always remained strongly convinced of the particle’s existence despite initial criticism within the scientific community.In his famous 1964 paper, Prof Higgs became the first scientist to propose a new, massive boson particle to explain how fundamental particles – the building blocks of the Universe – get their mass.
The Higgs boson was considered as the last missing milestone of the Standard Model of Physics, a theory which describes how the known particles in the Universe interact with each other, until the announcement by Cern confirmed its existence.
“I had faith in the theory behind the mechanism, as other features of it were being verified in great detail at successive colliders. It would have been very surprising if the remaining piece of the puzzle wasn’t there,” he said.
At the Cern lab in Geneva two weeks back, Prof Higgs had difficulty holding back his tears as researchers revealed findings from the Large Hadron Collider which laid virtually any doubts about his theory to rest.
But the Edinburgh-based scientist added that he hoped people would simply refer to the particle as the “H boson” and not as ‘the God particle’ as it has been found.
Prof Higgs has always taken himself uncomfortable about the attachment of his name to the boson, not least because five other scientists published papers on the same mechanism at the same time as his paper.
