Discoverer of "The God Particle" also known as the Higgs Boson died today in Edinburgh, Scotland

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs has died at age 94 following a short illness, the University of Edinburgh announced yesterday. Higgs, who was an emeritus professor at Edinburgh, is known for discovering the Higgs boson, a subatomic particle known colloquially as the “God particle.”


In 1964, Higgs theorized the existence of an energy field and an accompanying chargeless particle that gives other particles their mass and exists throughout the universe (see explanation). For decades, physicists relied on the particle's existence to help explain quantum phenomena but could not detect it, leading one scientist to call it the “Goddamn Particle” (shortened to "God particle").

a reply to: SchrodingersRat

I think i read that the LHC is getting restarted in a few weeks.

And also they are going to build a bigger collider.

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