A major scientific discovery is now closer to reality...the
"God particle", a subatomic particle known in science circles as the
"Higgs boson", may now be surrounded by enough evidence to, in fact,
be a reality...
The discovery was made at CERN, which operates the Large Hedron
Collider, the world's largest and highest energy particle accelerator...
GENEVA (AP) — Physicists say they have all but proven that the "God particle"
exists. They have a footprint and a shadow, and the only thing left is to see
for themselves the elusive subatomic
particle believed to give all matter in the universe size and
shape.
Scientists at the world's biggest atom smasher plan to
announce Wednesday that they have nearly confirmed the primary plank of a
theory that could restructure the understanding of why matter has mass, which
combines with gravity to give an object weight.
The idea is much like gravity and Isaac Newton's discovery: It was
there all the time before Newton explained it. But now scientists know what it
is and can put that knowledge to further use. The focus of the excitement is
the Higgs boson, a subatomic particle long sought by physicists.
Researchers at the European Organization for
Nuclear Research, or CERN, say that they have compiled vast amounts of data
that show the footprint and shadow of the particle, even though it has never
actually been glimpsed.
But two independent teams of physicists are
cautious after decades of work and billions of dollars spent. They don't plan
to use the word "discovery." They say they will come as close as
possible to a "eureka" announcement without overstating their
findings.
"I agree that any reasonable outside
observer would say, 'It looks like a discovery,'" said British theoretical
physicist John Ellis, a professor at King's College London who has worked at CERN
since the 1970s. "We've discovered something which is consistent with
being a Higgs."
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