the higgs boson is named after british physicist peter higgs. he predicted in 1964 the existence of this elusive subatomic particle. the boson is believed to give mass to everything from atoms to people. scientists believe that without the higgs there would be no gravity and no universe. the big bang created the universe. the theories of physics say particles raced around without any mass in the beginning, but scientists say at a certain point, the higgs bossson shown in pink, filled space. the higgs gave other particles mass and restricted their movement. scientists believe that process caused particles to stick together leading to the creation of stars, planets, and eventually humans. physicists believe the higgs boson is extremely small and densely concentrated in space. they've been using something called a large hadron collider to track it down. the particle accelerator is a 27-kilometer looped pipe in a tunnel 100 meters underground beneath the swiss/ french border. scientists accelerate two beams of protons close to light speed, then fire

field, this higgs particle. that's the one we've needed to finish this story. >> rose: so now that we have that and everybody's convinced we have that, correct? >> well, we don't yet know that it's exactly standard model higgs. but we certainly found a new particle and it begins to smell like a higgs so we'll see over the course of the next few months. >> rose: and what doors does it open to us? >> well, as brian said, it is the thing that explains to us how our fundamental particles got mass and it is a piece of the puzzle and now that we have this we can move on from here. and maybe it isn't even a standard model higgs, maybe it's something more exotic, that remains to be seen. >> rose: what would be another big question this might help us answer? >> well, there are a number of questions. one of the questions that we... depending on what it is. but if it is a standard-model higgs we're trying to understand what is beyond the standard model. what might be there after this? so here we can put this together now a

tries to decipher the higgs boson. scientists working at the large hadron collider have said that they've discovered a new particle which is consistent with the higgs bo's'n all the elusive god particle now why that is so important is well if this proves to be the higgs bo's'n it proves right a whole lot of theory that scientists have been working with for the best part of fifty years now concerning the creation of the universe how it works and most importantly why things have muss up until now we've only been able to really theorize mass into equations concerning particle physics it's all very very complex science in fact some of those working at the large hadron collider of said that it's well probably easier to find the higgs boson than to explain it to the lay person imagine that we have a planet which is populated by because we have nor masses and we believe we understand how they leave the basic walls but it doesn't sound to be real because

the most anticipated scientific discovery in over a decade rumor has it they found the tracks of the higgs both known as the god particle which could offer us answers as to how the universe works to break it all down artie's peter oliver spoke to a surface a physicist. since it was first theorized almost fifty years ago scientists have been striving to prove the existence of the higgs bo's'n the reason for the decades of higgs hunting is the hope that this elusive particle can fill in some of the gaps in our understanding of how the universe works but the dominant theory physicists work with has the less than grandiose title of the standard model now if we think of our theory as a jigsaw with a whole load of pieces missing finding out that the higgs does exist would allow those gaps to be filled in giving scientists a clearer picture of what is in front of them this particle or sort of the holes of one it was not planned experiment on people was hunting quarters particles for years and now we are witnessing clearly historical one one of the reasons for such

higgs boson is named after peter higgs. the boson is believed to give mass to everything from atoms to people. scientists believe that without the higgs there would be no gravity and no universe. the big bang created the universe. the theories of physics say particles raced around with any mass in the beginning. but scientists say at a certain point the higgs boson sailed space. the higgs gave other particles mass and restricted their movement. scientists believe that caused particles to stick together leading to the creation of stars, planets, and eventually humans. physicists believe the higgs boson is densely concentrated in space. they've been using something called a large hadron collider. the particle accelerator is a looped pipe in a tunnel 100 meters underground beneath the swiss/french border. trying to get protons close to light speed. then they fire them in different directions. they create a reaction designed to simulate the big bang. from there researchers analyze the particles generated by the collision. peter

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explain what is the higgs boresome it's probably meant to. just normal people it's probably one more complicated than to find this particle but me how far along are we in the search for what made the universe and how it works for you when you mentioned matter that we don't know about the dark matter as i believe is how it's called that we're talking about over ninety percent of the matter in the universe we don't we don't understand we theorize it's there but how do you work with that how do you work on a basis of over ninety percent of what you're working with you don't understand i mean the great achievement of our field that due to many experiments it really became very precision field of science and i think one of our it's human is a clear understanding call for the problems we think to be we don't we in this clear pattern in our brain say twenty years ago or. su in a sense we know this the problem to be understood and that's what makes all of us so exciting and that's why this large hadron collider has been built where you're not the onl

the decay products of the higgs with maximum possible efficiency i don't know where them. let's move away a little bit from the science there there are those that say that despite some theories out there about what we could discover if we do find the higgs post in talks of black holes being able to swallow the whole planet all parallel dimensions i mean they sound like things out of the pages of comic books how realistic are these type of theories while honestly i don't know because there are many models i mean physics is really becomes an experimental science and when this fantastic tool collider and fantastic detectors we just explore and we'll find an answer to just test which one of the model mentioned by you is correct so you're not concerned going to be sucked into a black hole any time soon. look we're working cynthia where you're liable i don't think ventured worth very much or your estimated i believe but look to explain what is the higgs boresome this proposal you mean to. just normal people is probably one more complicated than to find this particle how far alon

. >> we physicists believe we have finally found the higgs boson. >> the what? >> we think a particle like the higgs boson was actually the match that set off this cosmic explosion which created everything we see around us including the earth and even us. >> reporter: the higgs boson, unscientifically named the god particle. the missing piece to a theory of the universe itself and the payoff to one of the most extensive searches in scientific history. thousands of physicists, billions of dollars, and the world's biggest machine. the large hadron collider, 27 miles long, outside geneva. the particle's existence was first theorized by physicist peter higgs in 1964. now 83, an emotional higgs was there for today's announcement. >> it's really an incredible thing that it's happened in my lifetime. >> reporter: the world of science is celebrating today's announcement, many of the rest of us are just trying to understand it. >> i'm assuming from the look on your face, $1,000 on the table you couldn't tell me what matter is. >> you know what, i had four years. there's

most owner what's called the higgs field that these particles are actually able to slow down enough to where the able to join together and create masses that i guess a simplistic version of what's going on here even more simplistic let's say you when i walk into a party. and and when you see what happens so that when i walk in. to a party near where you are and since you're a popular t.v. star everybody knows who you are i think a lot. nobody knows who i am or other people the participants in this cocktail party i think feel and each individual and say hey fellows us popularity to those in. digitals makes you more massive than me so that's how it works you have the element you part with those that been around and how they interact with this determines the mass of the right so we have this collider the large hadron collider and it's trying to recreate the scientists say that they're trying to recreate the conditions just after the big bang what exactly does that mean and why is that why are those conditions important to finding the higgs bo'sun well so that he can pose them so in ord

and these are the exact properties that we call mass. >> so higgs -- the higgs particle is tom cruisee l.a. party? >> yes, exactly. no, the higgs particle grants the -- tom cruise would be a high mass particle that the higgs field gives him. >> i see. >> a high party mass. >> the higgs field confers upon -- on a certain person, a certain particle, tom cruise-like status? >> precisely. and it's the properties of that particle interacting with that field that we would then measure as mass. and not all particles have the same mass. and so -- nor do all people accrete as many as would happen at an l.a. party. i have to specify l.a. because in new york, you might be intrigued by someone who you haven't met yet. give them attention. but never seen that happen. >> new york chauvinist. on the day this was announced, july 4 -- >> ooh -- >> you tweeted this was a good day for science but a bad day for america in a sense. >> in a sense. i used more colorful language than that, but yes. yes. >> let's talk about the fact that this particle could have been discovered in america by american scientis

so what is the higgs boson.pool room across the way was explaining it. >> this is a completely new kind of object. there's no analogy to it like we found one and three when we already had two. this is a lynch pin that makes everything work. >> everything in the universe have masks. but without the higgs boson, there is no map. what goes for pole vault awe played to fame in a frantic, in fact the whole universe takes away and there's nothing left to hold the entire universe together. the. >> the machine hat found the new particle has yet to run at full power. when it does in the coming yairptz thing could appear like loose it dark matter. in that sense today has been a true break through carrying the most fundamental science forward. >> suarez: to help us further grasp today's news and exactly what a higgs boson is we're joined by ian sample, science correspondent for the guardian newspaper and author of a book about the higgs boson called "massive: the hunt for the god particle." he was at the press conference t

peter higgs in the 1960s.elieved it's these tiny particles that gives things mass. the 83-year-old higgs was in geneva for the announcement. >> my graptions to everybody involved in this tremendous achievement. for mer, it's really an incredible thing that it's happened in my lifetime. >> reporter: the discovery was made within europe's $10 billion a hadron collider that accelerates atomic particles until they reach the speed of light and smash themselves into each other. researchers say they're able to weigh the particle, but many say more evidence is needed to confirm this amazing finding. >> reporter: for now, scientists are celebrating this discovery and comparing it to the fist man that landed on the moon. >> researchers say they will know more within the next two or three years. >>> the debate over the test of yassir arafat is being reopened. traces of radioactive material was found on several of his items. doctors said he died from a massive stroke. >>> hundreds of veterans celebrate independence day ob

the particle's existence was first theorized by peter higgs in 1964. now 83, an emotional higgs was there for today's announcement. >> it's really an incredible thing that it's happened in my lifetime. >> reporter: the world of science is celebrating today's announcement, many of the rest of us are just trying to understand it. >> i'm assuming from the look on your face, $1,000 on the table you couldn't tell us what matter is. >> i had four years. there's a lot of knowledge out there. i may have missed some things. >> reporter: there are plenty of internet videos that try to be helpful. ♪ >> reporter: hoping to make what's complicated simple. >> now, let's take another empty universe and fill it with our higgs field. here is our higgs field. >> reporter: even the experts are still fixing it out. >> it means there could be other universes. there could be a multi-verse of universes and that's what the next generation of physicists are going to look into. >> reporter: a discovery that has opened a door. scientists now hope to find out what's on the other

boson on i mean i mean the existence of the higgs boson well what makes you sure and i know that you are sure that this mystery will be so very soon. yes you see we know everything about this famous he explores on the part of the stone armada we know everything all its properties the only thing we don't know is if it exists ok so that's a slight problem however because we know its properties if it exists then we know how many collisions we need in the large hadron collider in order to significantly point your was this expose on so i can predict depending on the way the collider is working when the view of this can give an answer on the shakespeare question of this expose on to be on not to be and what does the discovery or not of this elementary particle mean for the scientific picture of the world for the for the further research well first of all if if if if it exists we will find it and that would be a huge discovery because it's a particle which will complete the so-called standard model of particle physics which also is part of the description of the early universe so that would

is a higgs boseen, but we have to find out which kind it is.it have the properties we expect from the standard model? if not, what are its properties and where do they point to? >> scientists use at top smasher that basically the big bang to make the discovery. the result of this search it's said shows the benefits of investments in basic science by governments around the world. 11 of the 12 particles related to this theory has been found. this is the last article. >> now you have the news edge. want to wish you a happy 4th of july and heave you with a look at the fireworks on the national mall. see you back here tomorrow. ♪ america sweet america god shed his grace on thee ♪ ♪   >> fox 5 news isn't over go. to www.myfoxdc.com now for news, weather and entertainment updates. fox 5 news is washington's best news on air and online at www.myfoxdc.com brought to you by verizon 4g lte.

bo's'n all the elusive god particle now why that is so important is well if this proves to be the higgs bo's'n it proves right a whole lot of theory that scientists have been working with for the best part of fifty years now concerning the creation of the universe how it works and most importantly why things have muss up until now we've only been able to really theorize mass into equations concerning particle physics if we look at it this way the main theory worked within this area of science is the well less than grandiose name of the standard model and if we think of that as a jigsaw puzzle with a whole load of different pieces missing if this proves to be the higgs bo's'n well that fills in some of those missing pieces giving scientists a clearer picture of what they're working with now it's all very very complex science in fact some of those working at the large hadron collider of said that it's well probably easier to find the higgs boson than to explain it to the lay person imagine good we have to meet your support people into why of course we have nor masters and we believe we un

so what is the higgs boson.pool room across the way was explaining it. >> this is a completely new kind of object. there's no analogy to it like we found one and three when we already had two. this is a lynch pin that makes everything work. >> everything in the universe have masks. but without the higgs boson, there is no map. what goes for pole vault awe played to fame in a frantic, in fact the whole universe takes away and there's nothing left to hold the entire universe together. the. >> the machine hat found the new particle has yet to run at full power. when it does in the coming yairptz thing could appear like loose it dark matter. in that sense today has been a true break through carrying the most fundamental science forward. >> suarez: to help us further grasp today's news and exactly what a higgs boson is we're joined by ian sample, science correspondent for the guardian newspaper and author of a book about the higgs boson called "massive: the hunt for the god particle." he was at the press conference t

so what is the higgs is boson? maybe it's a missed opportunity.hysicist and science writer at cal tech in pasadena and the author of subliminal, how your unconscious mind rules your behavior. what should the average person know about the higgs boson sph. >> there are four forces in nature? gravity, which is described by einstein's theory of relativity and the other three, which are described by the standard model. and the standard model in elementary particle physics is probably the most successful theory science has produced. it's made numerous predictions that have been confirmed around the world, but one thing that has never been observed before is the higgs boson. and it's very important because not only because the theory doesn't really work without it, but because it's what according to the theory, gives everything mass. and so if the higgs boson or the field did not exist as predicted by the standard model, you would have no mass, there would be nor atoms, no molecules, no planets, no stars, and simply, we wouldn't be here. >> that explains

out it pops this particle, the higgs boson. this particle relates to a field. they call it the higgs mechanism. as other particles travel through this field, they have drag. this is our understanding of how mass works. this shows us that this is real and we can close this mathematical model. >> you can see why this is quite challenging for the layperson. when people try to go to the moon and apollo 11, we knew that was huge. when we read about penicillin been discovered, we knew that was huge. why is there any practical way in which this could be huge? >> first, there is a philosophical answer to that, which is, i want to know why i am here. let's throw all of that out and just look at the engineering and technology. go back 100 years to the first elementary particle that was discovered, the electron. all the other elementary particles -- we understand how the realm of the very small works. what does that give us? it gives us electronics. think about the computing that has gone into making this discovery. it is immense. what do we get out of cern? they wanted s

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