The discovery of the Higgs Boson - Part 2

It was a very complicated procedure to prove the existence of the Higgs boson. High energy in a particle accelerator was needed therefore. Two particles nearly at the speed of light had to be smashed together, as a result of the collision,  a more massive particle could pop into existence. The CERN physicists set themselves a high statistical standard before the claim for the existence of the Higgs boson. Due to the fact that they could detect the phenomena on two independent detectors, the certainty that the particle really exists is statistically much higher than they aimed.


The Higgs particle and the closely related Higgs field are the reason why the universe unfolded after the Big Bang in this way it is,and not in a sea of massless particles. Nanoseconds after the Big Bang, the Higgs field slowed down some of the particles which were flying around. With this slowdown, the particles got mass. After this, they were able to stick together and then the particles could combine and congeal into atoms and molecules. Not all the particles slowed down. Some, like photons, flew through the Higgs field and they still have had no mass.


The next step for scientists is now possible. That could be for example the discovery of extra dimensions of space and time to massive, secretive particles that shadow those already known.

At the end of the article it is explained that it is not yet clear, if the particle they found is exactly the Higgs which does have the behavior that they expect. The next upgrade from the LHC, which will provide more than 50 percent more energy, may give answers of to a lot of remaining questions, like this or others like the evidence of supersymmetry.

Personal Comment:
In my opinion, the work that the scientists did in Geneva in the last years is now crowned with a big success. What I really can't understand is, that it is not more discussed in your medias. It is a discovery which will have a big influence into on the work of scientists in the next severalyears.

Good job, you have a very impressive English vocabulary.  With enough data, physics would make God obsolete. If we can describe the laws of nature back to the beginning of time without any supernatural shenanigans, it becomes clear that you don’t need God to explain our existence.  There are many fundamentalist Christians in America who would be very upset about this. This is why this news should remain buried in the pages of scarcely read science journals, and not be released by the mass media.   I now know the truth that there is no God, but I can't handle this truth.   hehe