HIGGS BOSON (GOD PARTICLE)


The Higgs boson is an elementary particle in the Standard Model of particle physics, produced by the quantum excitation of the
Higgs field, one of the fields in particle physics theory.
It is named after physicist Peter Higgs, who in 1964, along with
six other scientists, proposed the mechanism, which suggested the existence of such a particle. Its existence was confirmed by
the ATLAS and CMS collaborations based on collisions in the LHC at CERN. The Higgs boson validates the Standard Model through the mechanism of mass generation.

The six authors of the 1964 PRL papers, who received the
2010 J. J. Sakurai Prize for their work; from left to right: Kibble,
Guralnik, Hagen, Englert, Brout; right: Higgs.


 Nobel Prize Laureate Peter Higgs in
Stockholm, December 2013.
Some particles interact with the Higgs field while others don’t. Those particles that feel the Higgs field act as if they have mass.
Something similar happens in an electric field – charged objects are pulled around and neutral objects can sail through unaffected.


All that we see: stars, planets, pumpkins, spiders, and webs, are made of matter. However, matter forms only 5% of the Universe. But what about the remaining invisible part of the Universe? On 31 October, research institutes around the world will be delving into the invisible as they celebrate Dark Matter Day.

Dark matter is one of physics' most vexing mysteries. It is estimated to constitute about a quarter of the invisible Universe, the rest being something even more baffling, known as dark energy. Physicists haven’t yet directly observed it, though it leaves its trace by the way galaxies are held together instead of flying off in different directions. In other words, dark matter seems to “hide” before our eyes.