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Peter Higgs, Nobel Prize winner in physics and father of the Higgs boson, dies at 94
Peter Higgs, the physicist who discovered the Higgs Boson, died at the age of 94 on Tuesday. The scientist died at his home following a short illness. Along with François…
10 years of the Higgs boson: why is it so important?
Why is the Higgs boson so important to physicists? This is the question answered by Nathalie Besson, from the CEA, who studies the W and Z bosons with the Atlas…
No, the Higgs boson does not explain the mass of the Sun!
Article originally published on July 11, 2012 It is not easy to really explain what the Higgs bosonalso called the Brout-Englert-Higgs boson, and why it is so important for physicists…
What is the Higgs boson?
Before being discovered, the Higgs boson was postulated. This singular particle, which is neither matter nor the vehicle of a force, was a missing piece of existing theories. Nathalie Besson,…