A Particle Consistent with the Higgs Boson Observed with the ATLAS Detector at the Large Hadron Collider
Result description
Nearly 50 years ago, theoretical physicists proposed that a field permeates the universe and gives energy to the vacuum. This field was required to explain why some, but not all, fundamental particles have mass. Numerous precision measurements during recent decades have provided indirect support for the existence of this field, but one crucial prediction of this theory has remained unconfirmed despite 30 years of experimental searches: the existence of a massive particle, the standard model Higgs boson.The ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN has now observed the production of a new particle with a mass of 126 giga-electron volts and decay signatures consistent with those expected for the Higgs particle. This result is strong supportfor the standard model of particle physics, including the presence of this vacuum field. The existence and properties of the newly discovered particle may also have consequences beyond the standard model itself.
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The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
Alternative codes found
RIV/68407700:21340/12:00202803 RIV/68407700:21260/12:00202803 RIV/68407700:21670/12:00202803 RIV/00216208:11320/12:10130698 and 2 more
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A Particle Consistent with the Higgs Boson Observed with the ATLAS Detector at the Large Hadron Collider
Original language description
Nearly 50 years ago, theoretical physicists proposed that a field permeates the universe and gives energy to the vacuum. This field was required to explain why some, but not all, fundamental particles have mass. Numerous precision measurements during recent decades have provided indirect support for the existence of this field, but one crucial prediction of this theory has remained unconfirmed despite 30 years of experimental searches: the existence of a massive particle, the standard model Higgs boson.The ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN has now observed the production of a new particle with a mass of 126 giga-electron volts and decay signatures consistent with those expected for the Higgs particle. This result is strong supportfor the standard model of particle physics, including the presence of this vacuum field. The existence and properties of the newly discovered particle may also have consequences beyond the standard model itself.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
Jx - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
BF - Elementary particle theory and high energy physics
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)
Others
Publication year
2012
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
SCIENCE
ISSN
0036-8075
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
338
Issue of the periodical within the volume
6114
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
1576-1582
UT code for WoS article
000312533100043
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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Basic information
Result type
Jx - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP
BF - Elementary particle theory and high energy physics
Year of implementation
2012