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7/2/12

Particle Physics: 'God Particle' rumours strengthened by Tevatron data -by Nick Collins

Results from the US Tevatron, a smaller cousin of Cern's Large Hadron Collider, "strongly point" towards the existence of a Higgs Boson, scientists said.

Telltale signals which could indicate the Higgs were identified within the same search region where the LHC identified promising “hints” of the particle last December.
Although the Tevatron’s results are nowhere near strong enough to qualify as a discovery, they will fuel growing speculation that LHC scientists are set to make a conclusive announcement on the particle’s existence on Wednesday.

The Higgs Boson is the most sought-after prize in particle physics, representing a crucial missing piece of evidence for the Standard Model, the most widely accepted theory on how the Universe works.

Finding the particle, first proposed by Peter Higgs in 1964, would prove the existence of the Higgs Field, a mysterious force which interacts with particles to give them their mass.

Read more: 'God Particle' rumours strengthened by Tevatron data<br/> - Telegraph

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