Higgs boson

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Standard Model particle boson elementary particle scalar boson

The Higgs boson is an elementary particle in the Standard Model whose associated field gives mass to other fundamental particles, confirming a key mechanism of particle physics.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Higgs boson canonical 31
God particle 1
Higgs boson (indirect searches) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Standard Model particle ⓘ
boson ⓘ
elementary particle ⓘ
scalar boson ⓘ
associatedWithField Higgs field ⓘ
couplesTo mass of fermions ⓘ
decaysTo W boson pair ⓘ
Z boson pair ⓘ
bottom quark–antiquark pair ⓘ
photon pair ⓘ
tau lepton pair ⓘ
discoveredAt CERN ⓘ
discoveredInExperiment ATLAS ⓘ
CMS ⓘ
discoveredUsing Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
discoveryAnnouncedOn 2012-07-04 ⓘ
discoveryEnergy 7–8 TeV proton-proton collisions ⓘ
fieldType scalar field excitation ⓘ
givesMassTo W boson ⓘ
Z boson ⓘ
hasColorCharge 0 ⓘ
hasCP +1 ⓘ
hasElectricCharge 0 ⓘ
hasLifetime about 1.6×10^-22 s ⓘ
hasMass about 125 GeV/c^2 ⓘ
hasParity +1 ⓘ
hasRestMassEnergy about 125 GeV ⓘ
hasSpin 0 ⓘ
hasSymbol H ⓘ
H^0 ⓘ
isComposite false ⓘ
isFermion false ⓘ
isGaugeBoson false ⓘ
isQuantumOf Higgs boson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Higgs field
isSometimesCalled Higgs boson ⓘ
surface form: God particle
mechanism Higgs mechanism ⓘ
nobelPrizeRelated 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics for Englert and Higgs ⓘ
partOf Standard Model ⓘ
surface form: Standard Model of particle physics
predictedBy Carl Hagen ⓘ
François Englert ⓘ
Gerald Guralnik ⓘ
Peter Higgs ⓘ
Robert Brout ⓘ
Standard Model ⓘ
Tom Kibble ⓘ
predictionYear 1964 ⓘ
roleInPhysics contributes to masses of fermions via Yukawa couplings ⓘ
gives mass to W and Z bosons via Higgs mechanism ⓘ
statistics Bose–Einstein statistics ⓘ

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CERN → discovered → Higgs boson ⓘ
Large Hadron Collider → researchFocus → Higgs boson ⓘ
Large Hadron Collider → notableDiscovery → Higgs boson ⓘ
W boson → couplesTo → Higgs boson ⓘ
ATLAS → studies → Higgs boson ⓘ
ATLAS → co-discovered → Higgs boson ⓘ
CMS → researchFocus → Higgs boson ⓘ
Higgs boson → isQuantumOf → Higgs boson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Higgs field
Higgs boson → isSometimesCalled → Higgs boson ⓘ
this entity surface form: God particle
Standard Model → predicts → Higgs boson ⓘ
Standard Model → containsParticle → Higgs boson ⓘ
Standard Model → completedWithDiscoveryOf → Higgs boson ⓘ
Z → isRelatedTo → Higgs boson ⓘ
subject surface form: Z boson
CMS experiment → designedToStudy → Higgs boson ⓘ
CMS experiment → notableDiscovery → Higgs boson ⓘ
Peter Higgs → associatedWith → Higgs boson ⓘ
Higgs field → givesRiseTo → Higgs boson ⓘ
Higgs mechanism → associatedWith → Higgs boson ⓘ
boson (particle type named after him) → includesExample → Higgs boson ⓘ
subject surface form: boson
boson (particle type named after him) → standardModelCategory → Higgs boson ⓘ
subject surface form: boson
CDF detector → usedFor → Higgs boson ⓘ
this entity surface form: searches for Higgs boson
DØ detector → contributedToSearchFor → Higgs boson ⓘ
W^- → isRelatedTo → Higgs boson ⓘ
subject surface form: W− boson
LHC Run 1 → notableDiscovery → Higgs boson ⓘ
OPAL → searchedFor → Higgs boson ⓘ
Compact Muon Solenoid → investigates → Higgs boson ⓘ
Compact Muon Solenoid → contributedToDiscoveryOf → Higgs boson ⓘ
Higgs → hasVariant → Higgs boson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Higgses
Mosquitoes → subjectOf → Higgs boson ⓘ
Richard Hagen → associatedWith → Higgs boson ⓘ
The God Particle → mainSubject → Higgs boson ⓘ
The God Particle → titleRefersTo → Higgs boson ⓘ
CDF → studied → Higgs boson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Higgs boson (indirect searches)
DØ → studied → Higgs boson ⓘ
CDF Collaboration → studies → Higgs boson ⓘ
Boson → includes → Higgs boson ⓘ