The Higgs boson is an elementary particle associated with the Higgs field. This field is thought to be present throughout the universe, and interactions with it give other fundamental particles (like quarks and leptons) their mass. It is often popularly referred to as the "God particle".
Large Hadron Collider was in news recently for doing some scientific research to prove the presence of an elementary particle. The scientist who predicted this particle in 1964 has been awarded Nobel Prize in 2013. What is this discovery ?
Asked in UPSC CAPF 2014 · Topic: Nuclear Physics (Quark model, Standard Model (brief overview).)
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Answer: C. Bigg's Bosons or God Particles explaining why fundamental particles have mass
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