New Particle at World's Largest Atom Smasher is Likely Higgs Boson
Clara Moskowitz, LiveScience senior writer
Date: 04 July 2012 Time: 04:42 AM ET
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| This track is an example of simulated data
modelled for the ATLAS detector on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at
CERN. The Higgs boson is produced in the collision of two protons at 14
TeV and quickly decays into four muons, a type of heavy electron that is
not absorbed by the detector. The tracks of the muons are shown in
yellow. CREDIT: CERN/ATLAS |
Physicists are more than 99 percent sure that they've found a new elementary particle that is likely the long-sought Higgs boson.
Evidence for the new particle was reported today (July 4) by scientists from the world's largest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. Researchers reported they'd seen a particle weighing roughly 125 times the mass of the proton, with a level of certainty that all but seals the deal it's the Higgs boson.
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