Higgs Boson

Hi guys! Welcome to a science blog(sc-blog). Today I am going to discuss some common questions asked about the 'God Particle'--Higgs Boson.

Q1.WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED BY CERN SCIENTISTS?

ANS:-SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND A NEW EPHEMERAL SUBATOMIC PARTICLE THAT HAS A MASS ABOUT 126 TIMES THAT OF A HYDROGEN ATOM AND LEAVE BEHIND SIGNATURES SIMILAR TO THOSE OF EXPECTED FROM THE HIGGS BOSON, A PARTICLE PREDICTED TO EXIST IN 1964.

Q2.WHAT IS THE HIGGS BOSON, AND WHY IS IT CALLED THE GOD PARTICLE?

ANS:-THE HIGGS BOSON PARTICLE IS THE FINAL MISSING PIECE OF THE SO-CALLED STANDARD MODEL, A MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF PHYSICS THAT EXPLAIN ALMOST ALL PARTICLE S AND FORCES IN THE UNIVERSE, EXCEPT GRAVITY.THE HIGGS BOSON EXPLAINS HOW OR WHY ALL THE OTHER PARTICLES IN THE UNIVERSE AQUIRE MASSES.WITHOUT THE HIGGS PARTICLE, THERE WOULD BE NO MASS, NO STARS, NO GALAXIES, NO UNIVERSE IN ITS CURRENT FORM – AND NO LIFE.HENCE, PERHAPS, THE REFERENCE TO GOD.

Q3.HOW DOES THE HIGGS GIVE MASS TO PARTICLE?

ANS:-PARTICLES AQUIRE MASS THROUGH THEIR INTERACTION WITH HIGGS BOSON --THE STRONGER THE INTERACTION, THE GREATER IS THE MASS OF THE PARTICLE, THE WEAKER THE INTERACTION, THE LIGHTER IS THE PARTICLE (i.e. INTERACTION IS DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO MASS).

LET US ILLUSTRATE THROUGH AN UNCONVENTIONAL EXAMPLE INVOLVING A FAMILIAR FIGURE .IMAGINE SRK (A HEAVY PARTICLE) WALKING DOWN A STREET WITH A GAGGLE OF PHOTOGRAPHERS (THE HIGGS BOSONS) CLUSTERED AROUND HIM. AN AVERAGE GUY ON THE SAME STREET (PHOTON (LIGHT+ELECTRON) OR A MASS-LESS PARTICLE OF LIGHT) GETS NO ATTENTION FROM THE PAPARAZZI AND GETS ON WITH HIS DAY.THE PHOTON (NORMAL GUY) DOES HAVE ANY MASS BECAUSE HIGGS BOSON (THE PHOTOGRAPHERS) ARE NOT REACTING TO IT BUT THE OTHER PARTICLE (SRK) IS HEAVY BECAUSE OF ITS INTERACTION WITH THE HIGGS BOSON (PHOTOGRAPHERS).

Q4.DO 4.07.12(DATE)’S RESULTS CONFIRM THE EXISTENCE OF A HIGGS BOSON?

ANS:-4.07.12’S RESULTS CONFIRM THE PRESENCEOF A NEW SUB-ATOMIC PARTICLE, PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN TO SCIENCE.THIS NEW PARTICLE LOOKS AND BEHAVES LIKE THE HIGGS IN SOME WAYS.BUT PHYSICSTS ARE NOT SURE YET THAT IT IS THE HIGGS BOSON PREDICTED BY THE STANDORD MODEL OR SOME OTHER HIGGS BOSON PREDICTED BY OTHER THEORIES OF PYHSICS.

Q5.WHY DOES PHYSICISTS WANT MORE EVIDENCE?

ANS:-THEY WANT TO BE SURE THAT IT FITS ALL PREDICTIONS OF THE STANDARD MODEL. IMAGINE AN IDOSYNCRATIC BANK THAT INSISTS ITS CUSTOMERS USE FIVE DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE SIGNATURES, AND SIGN EACH CHEQUE WITH ALL FIVE SIGNATURES. A CHEQUE WITH ONLY TWO OR THREE OF THE UNIQUE SIGNATURE WOULD BE NOT BE HONOURED. IN THE COMING MONTHS, SCIENTISTS HOPE TO AUTHENTICATE THE OTHER SIGNATURES OF THE OBSERVED NEW PARTICLE.

Q6.IF THIS IS PROVEN TO BE THE HIGGS BOSON, WILL THERE STILL BE UNRESOLVED ISSUES IN FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS?

ANS:-PLENTY. THE STANDARD MODEL IS AN INCOMPLETE THEORY OF THE COSMOS. IT DOES NOT EXPLAIN NEITHER GRAVITY NOR IT EXPLAINS THE ACCELERATING UNIVERSE, WHICH HAS BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO A MYSTERIOUS DARK ENERGY.

      To read more about the Higgs Boson go to-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson

                                                                            -- The above is the report generated by The Telegraph