Ústav technické a experimentální fyziky Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics

A Particle Consistent with the Higgs Boson Observed with the ATLAS Detector at the Large Hadron Collider

NázevTitle
A Particle Consistent with the Higgs Boson Observed with the ATLAS Detector at the Large Hadron ColliderA Particle Consistent with the Higgs Boson Observed with the ATLAS Detector at the Large Hadron Collider
Druh výsledkuResult type
Článek v časopiseJournal article
AutořiAuthors
G. Aad, T. Abajyan, B. Abbott, J. Abdallah, S. Abdel Khalek, K. Augsten, T. Holý, Z. Hubáček, J. Jakůbek, Z. Kohout, V. Král, F. Krejčí, S. Pospíšil, V. Šimák, T. Slavíček, K. Smolek, J. Sodomka, M. Solar, J. Šolc, V. Sopko, B. Sopko, I. Štekl, D. Tureček, V. Vacek, M. Vlasák, P. Vokáč
DOIDOI
10.1126/science.1232005
Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
SCIENCE. 2012, 338(6114), 1576-1582. ISSN 0036-8075.
RokYear
2012
JazykLanguage
eng
WoSWoS
000312533100043
ScopusScopus
2-s2.0-84871441025
RIVRIV
RIV/68407700:21220/12:00202803!RIV13-MSM-21220___
ProjektProject
Mezinárodní experiment ATLAS-CERNInternational Experiment ATLAS-CERN; Centrum částicové fyzikyCenter for Particle Physics; Mezinárodní experiment ATLAS-CERNInternational Experiment ATLAS-CERN; Matematické, počítačové a experimentální metody ve fyziceMathematical, Computer and Experimental Methods in Physics; Fundamentální experimenty ve fyzice mikrosvětaFundamental Experiments in Physics of Microworld; Matematické, počítačové a experimentální metody ve fyziceMathematical, Computer and Experimental Methods in Physics

AbstraktAbstract

Nearly 50 years ago, theoretical physicists proposed that a field permeates the universe and gives energy to the vacuum. This field was required to explain why some, but not all, fundamental particles have mass. Numerous precision measurements during recent decades have provided indirect support for the existence of this field, but one crucial prediction of this theory has remained unconfirmed despite 30 years of experimental searches: the existence of a massive particle, the standard model Higgs boson. The ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN has now observed the production of a new particle with a mass of 126 giga-electron volts and decay signatures consistent with those expected for the Higgs particle. This result is strong support for the standard model of particle physics, including the presence of this vacuum field. The existence and properties of the newly discovered particle may also have consequences beyond the standard model itself.

Nearly 50 years ago, theoretical physicists proposed that a field permeates the universe and gives energy to the vacuum. This field was required to explain why some, but not all, fundamental particles have mass. Numerous precision measurements during recent decades have provided indirect support for the existence of this field, but one crucial prediction of this theory has remained unconfirmed despite 30 years of experimental searches: the existence of a massive particle, the standard model Higgs boson. The ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN has now observed the production of a new particle with a mass of 126 giga-electron volts and decay signatures consistent with those expected for the Higgs particle. This result is strong support for the standard model of particle physics, including the presence of this vacuum field. The existence and properties of the newly discovered particle may also have consequences beyond the standard model itself.