Higgs boson

The Higgs boson, as proposed within the Standard Model, is the simplest manifestation of the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism. It gives mass to elementary particles.

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Highlights from CERN in 2012

A Higgs-like boson, more new particles and record performance at the LHC: 2012 has been good to CERN

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Experiments
21 December, 2012
Experiments
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21 December, 2012

TIME honours Fabiola Gianotti and the Higgs-like boson

TIME magazine today named ATLAS spokesperson Fabiola Gianotti as a runner-up for Person of the Year. A certain Higgs-like boson was also mentioned...

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Experiments
19 December, 2012
Experiments
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19 December, 2012

Video: Colliding particles episode 11 - Higgs

This episode of the Colliding Particles series looks back at the July Higgs search update

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Physics
19 December, 2012

A bouquet of options: Higgs factory ideas bloom

Proposals to build colliders that churn out the new Higgs-like particle are gathering momentum. But what would these colliders look like?

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Physics
21 November, 2012

ATLAS and CMS publish observations of a new particle

The collaborations published the latest in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in the journal <em>Physics Letters B</em>

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Experiments
10 September, 2012
Experiments
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10 September, 2012

ATLAS and CMS publish observations of a new particle

The collaborations published the latest in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in the journal <em>Physics Letters B</em>

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Experiments
10 September, 2012
Experiments
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10 September, 2012

Higgs boson detected at London Paralympics

The particle was the star of Enlightenment - a science-themed ceremony featuring Stephen Hawking and Ian McKellen

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Physics
30 August, 2012

ATLAS and CMS submit Higgs-search papers

The ATLAS and CMS collaborations today submitted papers to the journal Physics Letters B outlining the latest on their searches for the Higgs boson

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Experiments
01 August, 2012
Experiments
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01 August, 2012

Higgs within reach

Our understanding of the universe is about to change…

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Physics
04 July, 2012
Physics
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04 July, 2012