The Higgs boson and beyond at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2014
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The Higgs boson and beyond exhibit at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2014. Bill Murray, University of Warwick. Sudarshan Paramesvaran, University of Bristol. Monica D'Onofrio, University of Liverpool. Sasha Nikitenko, Imperial College London. High-energy physics aims to understand how our universe works at a basic level described by elementary particles. Our current theory - the Standard Model of Particle Physics - is remarkably successful: with its predictions confirmed by experiment to exceptional precision. However, a key piece, the 'Higgs boson' remained elusive until two years ago. Finding this new particle was just the start. Today we have gone beyond to clarify its nature, earning Peter Higgs and François Englert the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2013. We are only just beginning to learn what 'new physics' the Higgs boson will reveal beyond the Standard Model. The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2014 was held 1-6 July 2014 at the Royal Society in London. Find out more: http://sse.royalsociety.org/2014/
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