Peter Ware Higgs CH FRS FRSE (born Newcastle upon Tyne, 29 May 1929) is an English theoretical physicist, and emeritus professor at the University of Edinburgh.
He was awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics for predicting the existence of the Higgs boson, the "most sought-after particle in modern physics". Higgs shared the prize with François Englert. Higgs was appointed to the Order of the Companions of Honour in 2013.
In the 1960s, he proposed broken symmetry in electroweak theory. This explains the origin of mass of elementary particles in general. It also shows the origin of the W and Z bosons. The theory known as Higgs mechanism was proposed by several physicists at the same time. It proposes the existence of a new particle, the Higgs boson. On 4 July 2012, CERN announced they had found a new particle much like the Higgs boson in experiments, but that more work was necessary to analyse its properties and see if it had the properties expected from the Standard Model Higgs boson.
The Higgs mechanism is generally accepted as an important part of the Standard Model of particle physics, without which particles would have no mass.
Higgs has received a number of awards. These include the 1997 Dirac Medal and Prize for outstanding contributions to theoretical physics, the 2004 Wolf Prize in Physics, and the 2010 Sakurai Prize.
Roadrunner
The roadrunner ("Geococcyx") is a fast-running bird. The roadrunner is also called the "chaparral bird" and the "chaparral cock".
The roadrunners are a genus of ground cuckoos. The two species of roadrunners are the greater roadrunner and the lesser roadrunner. The greater roadrunner, ("Geococcyx californianus") lives in Mexico and the southwestern U.S.A. The lesser roadrunner, ("Geococcyx velox") lives in Mexico and Central America.
The roadrunner is a large, slender, black-brown and white streaked ground bird which has an average weight of 8 to 15 ounces, and is about 18 inches (46 cm) to 22 inches (56 cm) from tail to beak. It has long legs, strong feet, and a big dark beak. The roadrunner is terrestrial (lives on land). Even though it can fly, it spends most of its time on the ground. When they fly their wings are short and rounded and have a white crescent on the feathers. Roadrunners and other members of the cuckoo family have zygodactyl feet (two toes on the front and two toes on the back). Roadrunners can run up to the speed of 20 miles per hour (32 km per hour). They fly to escape predators.Some Roadrunner run til 26 miles per hour.
Roadrunners live in deserts of the southwestern U.S.A, Mexico and Central America.They also live in the sonoran desert
Roadrunners are omnivores, meaning they eat both meat and plants. They eat insects like grasshoppers, crickets, beetles, and caterpillars, small reptiles like lizards and snakes, rodents and other small mammals. They also eat tarantulas and other spiders, scorpions, centipedes, snails, small birds and eggs. The plants they eat are fruits and seeds like prickly pear cactus and sumac. Roadrunners search on the ground to find food. They usually run after their prey but also sometimes may leap to catch insects. Because of its fast speed, the roadrunner is one of the few animals that preys upon the rattlesnake.
The roadrunner is the only real predator of the tarantula hawk .
The nest of roadrunner is made up of mainly sticks and sometimes leaves, and snake skin. A nest usually contains 2-6 eggs which are white colored. Roadrunners have bi-parental care. Both parents take care of the nest and feed the hatchlings, but males take care of the nest at night and females at day. For the first 1 to 2 weeks after the young hatch, one parent always remains at the nest. After the hatchlings are 2 to 3 weeks old they leave and never return to the nest.
Pebmarsh
Pebmarsh is a village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 479 people living in Pebmarsh.
Liston
Liston is a village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England. In 2001, there were 46 people living in Liston.
Borley
Borley is a village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 99 people living in Borley.
Great Yeldham
Great Yeldham is a village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 1715 people living in Great Yeldham.
White Notley
White Notley is a village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 500 people living in White Notley.
Colne Engaine
Colne Engaine is a village and civil parish in Braintree, Essex, England. In 2001, there were 979 people living in Colne Engaine.
Stisted
Stisted is a village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 617 people living in Stisted.
Helions Bumpstead
Helions Bumpstead is a village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 473 people living in Helions Bumpstead.
Ridgewell
Ridgewell is a village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 503 people living in Ridgewell.
Belchamp Walter
Belchamp Walter is a village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 198 people living in Belchamp Walter.
Alphamstone
Alphamstone is a village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 177 people living in Alphamstone.
White Colne
White Colne is a village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 480 people living in White Colne.
Ashen
Ashen is a village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 315 people living in Ashen.
Castle Hedingham
Castle Hedingham is a village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 1142 people living in Castle Hedingham.
Sible Hedingham
Sible Hedingham is a village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 3665 people living in Sible Hedingham.
Great Henny
Great Henny is a village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 126 people living in Great Henny.
Bardfield Saling
Bardfield Saling is a village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 179 people living in Bardfield Saling.
Black Notley
Black Notley is a village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 1646 people living in Black Notley.
Gestingthorpe
Gestingthorpe is a village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 421 people living in Gestingthorpe.
Little Yeldham
Little Yeldham is a village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 326 people living in Little Yeldham.
Faulkbourne
Faulkbourne is a village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 101 people living in Faulkbourne.
Belchamp St. Paul
Belchamp St. Paul is a village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 331 people living in Belchamp St. Paul.
Birdbrook
Birdbrook is a village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 369 people living in Birdbrook.
Bradwell
Bradwell is a village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 512 people living in Bradwell.
Cressing
Cressing is a village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 1538 people living in Cressing.
Fairstead
Fairstead is a village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 206 people living in Fairstead.
Great Saling
Great Saling is a village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 261 people living in Great Saling.
Little Maplestead
Little Maplestead is a village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 294 people living in Little Maplestead.
Middleton, Essex