What's next for particle physicists, post-Higgs?
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - 03:30
in Physics & Chemistry
In March of last year, scientists working with the Large Hadron Collider at the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva, Switzerland, identified the Higgs boson, the last elusive particle in the Standard Model of physics. The Higgs particle, said Northeastern assistant professor of physics Toyoko Orimoto, one of the scientists on the team, can be used to explain how elementary particles acquire mass. "Before the discovery of the Higgs boson, the Standard Model was like a puzzle with one piece missing," she said, "and you kind of know what that piece will look like."