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Particle Smashers, Higgs Hunters, and the Fundamental Theory of Nature
Frontiers of Science with Dr. Pearl Sandick, Assistant Professor of Physics Astronomy at the University of Utah. --- Why do particles like electrons have mass? Questions like this have driven thousands of scientists underground to search for evidence of a Higgs field by accelerating protons to nearly the speed of light and scrutinizing the wreckage of their powerful collisions. Nearly half a century after the idea was initially proposed, on July 4th, 2012, it was announced that the Large Hadron Collider had discovered a Higgs-like particle. This discovery is a major step towards the goal of understanding the origin of mass, with implications for the fundamental theory of physics that describes our universe. Pearl Sandick will tell the story of the Higgs boson, the decades-long hunt, and what it may mean for the future of particle physics.From:UofUCoSViews:0 0ratingsTime:01:01:43More inScience Technology

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