Higgs boson | Wikipedia audio article
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Higgs boson


00:01:04 1 Introduction
00:01:13 1.1 The Standard Model
00:02:59 1.2 The problem of gauge boson mass
00:04:13 1.2.1 Symmetry breaking
00:05:15 1.3 Higgs mechanism
00:07:09 1.3.1 Higgs field
00:10:18 1.3.2 Higgs boson
00:11:18 1.3.3 Interpretation
00:11:53 2 Significance
00:12:25 2.1 Particle physics
00:12:34 2.1.1 Validation of the Standard Model
00:13:36 2.1.2 Symmetry breaking of the electroweak interaction
00:14:09 2.1.3 Particle mass acquisition
00:15:12 2.1.4 Scalar fields and extension of the Standard Model
00:15:54 2.2 Cosmology
00:16:02 2.2.1 Inflaton
00:17:00 2.2.2 Nature of the universe, and its possible fates
00:18:40 2.2.3 Vacuum energy and the cosmological constant
00:19:50 2.3 Practical and technological impact
00:20:41 3 History
00:20:50 3.1 Theorization
00:28:02 3.1.1 Summary and impact of the PRL papers
00:30:22 3.2 Experimental search
00:33:26 3.2.1 Search before 4 July 2012
00:37:57 3.2.2 Discovery of candidate boson at CERN
00:40:39 3.2.3 The new particle tested as a possible Higgs boson
00:44:10 3.2.4 Confirmation of existence and current status
00:44:58 3.2.5 Findings since 2013
00:46:52 4 Theoretical properties
00:47:02 4.1 Theoretical need for the Higgs
00:50:45 4.2 Properties of the Higgs field
00:53:12 4.3 Properties of the Higgs boson
00:55:20 4.4 Production
00:58:39 4.5 Decay
01:02:25 4.6 Alternative models
01:04:36 4.7 Further theoretical issues and hierarchy problem
01:06:47 5 Public discussion
01:06:56 5.1 Naming
01:07:04 5.1.1 Names used by physicists
01:10:17 5.1.2 Nickname
01:13:52 5.1.3 Other proposals
01:14:36 5.2 Educational explanations and analogies
01:16:49 5.3 Recognition and awards
01:19:41 6 Technical aspects and mathematical formulation
01:20:17 7 See also
01:26:34 8 Notes



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The Higgs boson is an elementary particle in the Standard Model of particle physics, produced by the quantum excitation of the Higgs field, one of the fields in particle physics theory. It is named after physicist Peter Higgs, who in 1964, along with five other scientists, proposed the mechanism, which suggested the existence of such a particle. Its existence was confirmed by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations based on collisions in the LHC at CERN.
On December 10, 2013, two of the physicists, Peter Higgs and François Englert, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their theoretical predictions. Although Higgs's name has come to be associated with this theory (the Higgs mechanism), several researchers between about 1960 and 1972 independently developed different parts of it.
In mainstream media the Higgs boson has often been called the "God particle", from a 1993 book on the topic, although the nickname is strongly disliked by many physicists, including Higgs himself, who regard it as sensationalistic.