India-based Neutrino Observatory hails particle physics breakthrough

04 July, 2012

It was one of the most awaited news in the field of particle physics, as two teams of physicists presented the findings of the so-called God particle, also known as Higgs Boson.

IT IS a great landmark in particle physics today, as physicists have announced about the high possibility of a God particle, which is also known as Higgs Boson. Physicists all over the world were waiting eagerly for the day, 4 June 2012, even as two team of physicists had announced that they would soon reveal the results of the latest experiment after the requisite data-crunching.

"What has been announced today is that there is a large possibility that we have reached an advanced understanding of the absolute core in particle physics in simple terms. The data analysis related to the popularly named Higgs Boson particle or the God particle relates to the charge-neutral basic particles, which have finite but very little mass, which is something that's unknown. What's believed is that they 'oscillate between flavours as they propagate,'" Deepak Samual, a visting fellow at the Mumbai-based India-based Neutrino Observatory, told this CJ.

"The discovery of a particle consistent with the Higgs boson opens the way to more detailed studies, requiring larger statistics, which will pin down the new particle's properties, and is likely to shed light on other mysteries of our universe,” said CERN director general Rolf Heuer, reported Daily Telegraph. This discovery is sure to play an important role in explaining as to why does matter have mass?

Various social networking sites like Twitter came to life after the discovery of the god particle. People are considering it to be a great milestone. A Twitter user tweeted, “Thank you CERN For creating the web. And also, for finding the boson.” CERN was very elated with the outcome and also tweeted after answering a number of questions, “End of the press conference, what a morning! Thanks for all the questions, we'll try to answer some more later today.” The Physicists also say that it was the heaviest boson ever found.

In the last four decades of research, no one had ever seen the Higgs Boson, but the same cannot be said about it now. British public research body also said that it is a great breakthrough in understanding the laws, which rule the universe and also believes that the result is very strong.