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When we made this video two years ago, we had no idea the elusive particles would be discovered so soon! Now, it seems the last puzzle piece has been placed into the Standard Model of Particle Physics.
Way to go, CERN! More specifically, ATLAS and CMS!
Host: Rheanna Sand
Photo Credits: Wikimedia, CERN.
References:
http://arxiv.org/abs/0707.1919v4
http://www.pparc.ac.uk/ps/bbs/bbs_mass_hm.asp
http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/science/higgs-en.html
http://www.phy.uct.ac.za/courses/phy400w/particle/higgs.htm
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/10/14/spooky-signals-from-the-future-telling-us-to-cancel-the-lhc/