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
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