Higgs field
Tags: cosmology : group theory : higgs boson : wave-particle duality : cosmological inflation : particle collider : tau neutrino : Higgs field : standard model

The world's biggest physics experiment is due to start
Tags: gravity : particle physics : string theory : quantum mechanics : general relativity : higgs boson : higgs : CERN : LHC : particle collider : Higgs field : fundamental forces : elementary particle

It's hard to avoid CERN these days. Last year's successful switch-on of CERN's Large Hadron Collider, followed by a blow-out which is currently being fixed, sparked wide-spread media coverage, and currently CERN stars in the Tom Hanks movie Angels and Demons. So what goes on at CERN and why the hubbub about the Large Hadron Collider, known as the LHC? Ben Allanach investigates.
Tags: particle physics : higgs boson : higgs : CERN : LHC : particle collider : Higgs field

The 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded.
Tags: Nobel prize : particle physics : Big Bang : symmetry : higgs boson : higgs : Higgs field : fundamental forces : elementary particle