The Higgs boson - CERN
The Higgs boson can't be “discovered” by finding it somewhere but has to be created in a particle collision. Once created, it transforms – or “decays” – into other particles that can be detected in particle detectors. Physicists look for traces of these particles in data collected by the detectors.
How did we discover the Higgs boson? - CERN
The Higgs boson was discovered, almost 50 years after first being proposed, by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations at CERN in 2012. But why did it take so long to find it? With a mass of more than 120 times that of the proton, the Higgs boson is the second-heaviest particle known today.
The Higgs boson, ten years after its discovery - CERN
Jul 4, 2022 · The landmark discovery of the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider exactly ten years ago, and the progress made since then to determine its properties, have allowed physicists to make tremendous steps forward in our understanding of the universe. 4 July, 2022.
What have we learned since the Higgs boson discovery? | CERN
The decay of the Higgs boson to pairs of tau leptons was discovered in 2016 through a combined ATLAS/CMS analysis. The coupling to the tau was measured and was found to be compatible with expectations. The next milestone was the measurement of the top quark coupling.
What's so special about the Higgs boson? - CERN
The Higgs boson is that particle, and its discovery in 2012 confirmed the BEH mechanism and the Higgs field, allowing researchers to probe ever further in their understanding of matter. Measuring the properties of the Higgs boson in detail is crucial to exploring many outstanding mysteries in particle physics and cosmology, from the wild ...
The Higgs boson: What makes it special? - CERN
May 4, 2020 · The Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism introduced a new quantum field that today we call the Higgs field, whose quantum manifestation is the Higgs boson. Only particles that interact with the Higgs field acquire mass.
How does the Higgs boson impact everyday life? - CERN
The Higgs boson itself is part of the answer to why we – and everything we interact with – have mass. The Higgs boson underpins the whole Standard Model like a jigsaw piece, spurring on our curiosity and creating a more accurate picture of the universe around us.
CMS releases Higgs boson discovery data to the public
Apr 16, 2024 · With a publicly accessible likelihood function, physicists outside the CMS collaboration can now precisely factor in the CMS Higgs boson discovery measurements in their studies.
The basics of the Higgs boson - CERN
May 16, 2013 · In 2012, physicists at CERN discovered evidence of the Higgs boson. The what? The Higgs boson is one of two types of fundamental particles, and it’s a particular game-changer in the field of particle physics, proving how particles gain mass.
ATLAS probes dark matter using the Higgs boson - CERN
May 7, 2020 · Physicists from the ATLAS collaboration at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider searched for particles of dark matter by looking for transformation of the Higgs boson into particles that cannot be directly detected by the ATLAS experiment (“invisible particles”).