Higgs boson, the last missing cornerstone of the accepted “standard model” in particle physics, might finally show up. Recent results from LHC experiments show “intriguing flu-ctuations” or signals at the low mass range, most likely to be Higgs’s hiding place.
Presenting the results at the Europhysics conference in Grenoble, France, Cern bosses announced the deadline for the Higgs hunt. “We can settle the question of Higgs: to be or not be, by end of next year,” said Rolf-Dieter Heuer, the director-general of Cern. Evidence in support of Higgs is gaining strength, not only at the Europe-led LHC but also at the smaller Tevatron collider in America. Still physicists involved insist on being “very very careful” as they warn of small errors adding up to false positive results. “We know everything about this particle, except if it exists. Both, (its existence or non-existence) are discoveries. Because then this model, which withstands so many precise tests, would have a big hole. And we have to fill that hole; this would then be the job of the LHC,” added Heuer. This most wanted particle is believed to hold the explanation to why other sub-atomic particles have mass.