Higgs Boson LHCS New Particle Looks Like the Real Thing

Proton Proton Collision A simulation of the two-proton channel shows what ATLAS sees when the decay of a higgs boson result in the production of two gamma rays.the blue beads indicate intermediate massive particles,and the bright green rods are the gamma-ray tracks. While the two-proton channel is the least likely higgs decay,it is easier to observe than others with even noisier backgrounds.CERN

We have discovered a new particle,CERN director general Rolf Heuer said Wednesday morning.Aboson.Most probably a Higgs boson.Even the most anticipated news in science does not come without some caveats.

Still,all signs point to a discovery today,arguably one of the most important findings in modem physics.The inscrutable Higgs boson, carrier of mass and final puzzle piece of physics, prevailing theory,may be just beginning.

Higgs Candidate Event: A proton-proton collision event in the CMS experiment produces two high-energy photons (the red towers).This is what physicists would expect to see from the decay of Higgs boson,but it is also consistent with background Standard Model physics processes.CERN

Without the Higgs boson, physicsts have no way to explain how the universe--- stars, galaxies,us---can exist.the boson is a practice, like a quark or an electron but this is really a component of a force field known as the Higgs field.