"Nobel Tale: The Discovery of the Higgs Boson and Understanding Mass in the Universe"

The Higgs boson is part of the Standard Model of particle physics, a theoretical framework describing the fundamental building blocks of matter and the forces that act on them. Proposed in a paper by Peter Higgs and other physicists in 1964, it addresses the question of how particles acquire mass.

According to this theory, particles interact with the so-called Higgs field that permeates all space. When a particle moves through this field, it gains mass. The Higgs boson is a "ripple" in this field that has been detected in experiments.

The search for the Higgs boson lasted for many years, with a crucial moment occurring in 2012 at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Researchers there announced the discovery of a new particle with characteristics consistent with the Higgs boson. This was a significant finding that confirmed the existence of this pivotal particle.

The discovery of the Higgs boson significantly contributes to our understanding of the fundamental principles of the universe and lays the foundation for further research in particle physics.