Higgs Boson Aspiration and Expectations

Higgs boson is an elementary particle in the standard model of particle physics and is a particle which bestows mass to every object in the cosmos.

Ansa C Dhanu

Candidate Higgs boson events from collisions between protons in the LHC | credits: Wikipedia

Staring at matters be it stars or just a strand of hair, the miracle that keeps us fascinating is it's atom wise constitution, that each matter is unique in the Universe. The alignment with which they are built from the very tiny quarks had kept a remarkable explanation of the origin. But the challenge now humanity faces is the solution of this spectacular puzzle. CERN paves the way for this solution in form of Higgs discovery that celebrates the math's power to make predictions about the real world.

What is Higgs Boson?

Higgs boson is an elementary particle in the standard model of particle physics. It is a particle which bestows mass to every object in the cosmos. When the Higgs Boson interacts with the Higgs field, mass is established.

Mathematically Higgs Boson is a consequence of equations describing the field of force the Higgs field. Visually it is difficult to describe and it's like a magnetic field around a magnet, Higgs field can be seen around the Higgs Boson. The leading explanation is that a field with non-zero strength exists everywhere, even in space and particle acquire mass by interacting in this scalar field called the Higgs field. 

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If this theory is true, a matching particle the small excitation of Higgs field should also exist and be detectable at Large Hadron Collider, providing a crucial test of the theory. Consequently, it has been the target of a long search in particle physics. 

In mainstream media, it is also referred to as a God particle, after the title of Leon Lederman's book on the topic of "The God Particle ". 

In the standard model, the Higgs particle is a boson, a type of particle that allows multiple identical particles to exist in the same place in the same quantum state. It has no spin or electric change or colour change. It is also very unstable, decaying into another particle the bout tenth sextillionth of a second. 

Higgs field and it's importance 

Prof. Peter Higgs | credits: Wikipedia

The Higgs field has been described as a kind of cosmic treacle, spread through the universe. According to Prof. Peter Higgs, 1964 theory, the field interacts with a tiny particle that makes up the atom and weighs them down so that they do not simply whiz around the Speed of Light. As particle pass-through, this field they are endowed with the property. Of mass, much as an object passing through a cosmic treacle will become slower. This process of endowing mass is known as the Higgs effect.

Scientific impact

The evidence of the Higgs field and its properties would be extremely significant scientifically for many reasons. It's relevance includes.:- 

• Validating standard model:- A belief generally exists among physicists that there is likely to be a new physics beyond the standard model, at some point of time this has to be extended. The Higgs field related issues present a promising doorway to understanding better the places where the standard model might become inadequate and provide a successful theory.
• Particles acquiring mass:- 99% of the mass of baryons is due to kinetic energy of quarks and gluons cause the strong interactions inside baryons. In Higgs based theories the property of mass is a manifestation of potential energy. 
• Finding how symmetry breaking:- below an extremely high temperature, electroweak symmetry breaking causes the electroweak interactions ti manifest in a short-ranged weak force which is carried by massive gauge bosons.  Without this, the universe that we see around couldn't exist. Electroweak symmetry breaking is believed to be proven responsible for the masses of fundamental particles such as fermions and massive W and Z gauge bosons. 
• Evidence whether or not scalar field exists:- a particle with spin ½ are fermions and force carriers with spin 1 are bosons. Higgs particles are particles with zero spin( scalar ). The Higgs is neither matter nor force. This would be the first fundamental field ever discovered. The Higgs field is thought to be filled in the entire universe. That can handle dark matter and dark energy. So many modern physicists are capable of explaining other scalar fields with the help of the Higgs field. 
• Insight into cosmic inflation:- A hypothetical Field suggests the explanation for the expansion of space during the first fraction of second. Theoretically, they suggest the existence of a fundamental scalar field is responsible for that phenomenon. 

Higgs boson is like a tip of the iceberg, so far we have excavated merely a pinch of it, deep under the cue, there is a lot more to be explored. Higgs boson and it's existence are capable of explaining the fundamental structure of matter hence the entire universe. The expectations and aspirations unfolded by Higgs boson are enormous.