Comptes Rendus. Physique (Sep 2020)

Higgs Physics

  • Gray, Heather,
  • Janot, Patrick

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5802/crphys.8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 1
pp. 23 – 43

Abstract

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The existence of the Higgs boson was postulated more than 50 years ago, without any indication of its mass. The quest that followed, with several generations of particle physics experiments, culminated with the recent discovery of a new particle with a mass of 125 GeV. At least another half-century will be needed to map the properties of this particle with sufficient precision to understand its deepest origin.

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