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The Higgs boson is a hypothetical particle, a boson, that is the quantum of the Higgs field. The field and the particle provide a testable hypothesis for the origin of mass in elementary particles. In popular culture, the Higgs boson is also called the God particle, after the title of Nobel physicist Leon Ledermans The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question? (1993), which contained the authors assertion that the discovery of the particle is crucial to a final understanding of the structure of matter.
The existence of the Higgs boson was predicted in 1964 to explain the Higgs mechanismthe mechanism by which elementary particles are given mass.[Note 2] While the Higgs mechanism is considered confirmed to exist, the boson itselfa cornerstone of the leading theoryhad not been observed and its existence was unconfirmed. Its tentative discovery in 2012 may validate the Standard Model as essentially correct, as it is the final elementary particle predicted and requ ...more
The existence of the Higgs boson was predicted in 1964 to explain the Higgs mechanismthe mechanism by which elementary particles are given mass.[Note 2] While the Higgs mechanism is considered confirmed to exist, the boson itselfa cornerstone of the leading theoryhad not been observed and its existence was unconfirmed. Its tentative discovery in 2012 may validate the Standard Model as essentially correct, as it is the final elementary particle predicted and requ ...more
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