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We have reached a milestone in our understanding of nature. 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.
Rolf-Dieter Heuer

Meaning of "Higgs boson" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HIGGS BOSON

Named after Peter Higgs (born 1929), British theoretical physicist.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HIGGS BOSON

Higgs boson  [hɪɡz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIGGS BOSON

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Higgs boson is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HIGGS BOSON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Higgs boson

The Higgs boson or Higgs particle is an elementary particle initially theorised in 1964, whose discovery was announced at CERN on 4 July 2012. The discovery has been called "monumental" because it appears to confirm the existence of the Higgs field, which is pivotal to the Standard Model and other theories within particle physics. It would explain why some fundamental particles have mass when the symmetries controlling their interactions should require them to be massless, and why the weak force has a much shorter range than the electromagnetic force. The discovery of a Higgs boson should allow physicists to finally validate the last untested area of the Standard Model's approach to fundamental particles and forces, guide other theories and discoveries in particle physics, and potentially lead to developments in "new" physics. This unanswered question in fundamental physics is of such importance that it led to a search of more than 40 years for the Higgs boson and...

Definition of Higgs boson in the English dictionary

The definition of Higgs boson in the dictionary is an elementary particle with zero spin and mass greater than zero, predicted to exist by electroweak theory and other gauge theories Also called: God particle.

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIGGS BOSON

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WORDS THAT END LIKE HIGGS BOSON

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intermediate vector boson
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Synonyms and antonyms of Higgs boson in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Higgs boson» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIGGS BOSON

Find out the translation of Higgs boson to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Higgs boson from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Higgs boson» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

希格斯玻色子
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bosón de Higgs
570 millions of speakers

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Higgs boson
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Translator English - Hindi

हिग्स बोसॉन
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Translator English - Arabic

هيغز بوسون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бозон Хиггса
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bóson de Higgs
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Translator English - Bengali

হিগস বোসন
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boson de Higgs
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Higgs boson
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Higgs-Boson
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Translator English - Japanese

ヒッグス粒子
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Translator English - Korean

힉스 보손
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Translator English - Javanese

Higgs boson
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Translator English - Vietnamese

boson Higgs
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Translator English - Tamil

ஹிக்ஸ் போஸான்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हिग्स बोसन
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Translator English - Turkish

Higgs Boson
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Translator English - Italian

bosone di Higgs
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Translator English - Polish

bozon Higgsa
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Translator English - Ukrainian

бозон Хіггса
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Translator English - Romanian

bosonul Higgs
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Translator English - Greek

μποζόνιο Χιγκς
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Higgs boson
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Translator English - Swedish

Higgsbosonen
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Higgs boson
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Trends of use of Higgs boson

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Higgs boson

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QUOTES WITH «HIGGS BOSON»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Higgs boson.
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Rolf-Dieter Heuer
We have reached a milestone in our understanding of nature. 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.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIGGS BOSON»

Discover the use of Higgs boson in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Higgs boson and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for ...
The most recent book on the subject, The God Particle, was a bestseller.
Sean Carroll, 2012
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Massive: The Missing Particle That Sparked the Greatest Hunt ...
The biggest science story of our time, Massive spans four decades, weaving together the personal narratives and international rivalries behind the search for the “God" particle, or Higgs boson.
Ian Sample, 2012
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Search for the Higgs Boson
In: Search for the Higgs Boson Editor: John V. Lee pp. ... A muon collider with energy tuned to the mass of a Higgs boson would offer possibilities in measuring parameters of the higgs boson that is highly complementary to higgs studies at ...
John V. Lee, 2006
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Present at the Creation: Discovering the Higgs Boson
In telling the story of what is perhaps the most anticipated experiment in the history of science, Amir D. Aczel takes us inside the control rooms at CERN at key moments when an international team of top researchers begins to discover ...
Amir D. Aczel, 2010
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Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson in the Z Boson-H ...
This dissertation describes a search for the standard model Higgs boson (H) produced in association with a Z boson at the DO experiment.
Huishi Dong, 2007
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Higgs: The invention and discovery of the 'God Particle'
The book was written over the eighteen months of the CERN Large Hadron Collider experiment, with its final chapter rounded off on the day of the announcement 'that a particle consistent with the standard model Higgs boson has been ...
Jim Baggott, 2012
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The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the ...
The book takes us from the Greeks' earliest scientific observations through Einstein and beyond in an inspiring celebration of human curiosity.
Leon Lederman, Dick Teresi, 2006
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Search for Multi-photon Signatures of a Higgs Boson in Ppbar ...
In a more general framework where the parameter content of the theory is much reacher one may expect deviations from the SM predictions in the form of drastic changes in the Higgs boson discovery signatures. One such example is the ...
Oleksiy Vladimirovich Atramentov, 2006
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Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson in ...
We are searching for the Standard Model Higgs boson in events with / ET and jets originating from b-quarks. The properties and the expected cross-sections of such Higgs events are predicted by the theory that was introduced in Chapter 1.
Viktor Veszpremi, 2007
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A Search for the Higgs Boson in Its Associated Production ...
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION The most sensitive production channel for a Standard Model (SM) Higgs boson at the Tevatron is its associated production with W/Z vector bosons. The production is dominated by gluon fusion process (gg → H) ...
Venkatesh S. Kaushik, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIGGS BOSON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Higgs boson is used in the context of the following news items.
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Cosmic rays create Higgs boson particles high in atmosphere
A new study suggests that a Higgs boson particle—discovered for the first time in 2012 in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)—is produced high ... «Science /AAAS, Jul 15»
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Pentaquarks, new subatomic particles, found at Large Hadron … - CBC
Analysis of the collisions has already proved the existence of the Higgs boson, a particle that gives mass to matter, and scientists are now ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
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This Day in Jewish History / The scientist who invented the term 'God …
Among the general public, Lederman is also known as the person who dubbed the long-elusive Higgs boson the “God particle,” because of the ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
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Pluto and pentaquarks boost non-profit science | Considered View …
... the Large Hadron Collider just revealed the pentaquark and previously helped scientists find the much-hyped Higgs boson – are about $1.2 ... «Breakingviews, Jul 15»
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Ant-Man, the Physics of Shrinking, and the Higgs Boson - Boing Boing
Big or small, stout or thin, all people, no matter who or where they are have approximately the same density (the ratio of mass to volume) of ... «Boing Boing, Jul 15»
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Believe it or not, we are living in a golden age of space exploration
We did not discover the Higgs boson. Physicists get the credit. When Olympic world records are set, nobody watching from his or her couch ... «The Week Magazine, Jul 15»
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'Big Science,' by Michael Hiltzik
The Large Hadron Collider (L.H.C.), which produced the Higgs boson three years ago, cost $10 billion, is 17 miles in circumference and ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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How To Search For Higgs Boson Pairs ? A Phenomenological …
The 2012 discovery of the 125 GeV resonance we all call the Higgs boson has left many questions on the table. Is it the only Higgs boson or the ... «Science 2.0, Jul 15»
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Higgs factory proposed for Beijing
The discovery of the Higgs boson was one of the biggest moments in the history of particle physics. It was also the discovery of one of the ... «Symmetry magazine, Jul 15»
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Something to watch for in the new data from the Large Hadron Collider
During the Higgs boson search, the most important data we were looking at were mass distributions. These distributions are a good way of ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»

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