Discovery of the Higgs Boson
Unverified
Date
July 04, 2012
Type
World
Author
htristian82
Location
Geneva,
Switzerland
Categories
Science & Technology
Event Details
On July 4, 2012, scientists at CERN announced the discovery of a new particle consistent with the Higgs boson. It was confirmed by experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
The discovery confirmed the existence of the Higgs field, which gives mass to elementary particles, completing the Standard Model of particle physics.