'God particle' or tip of the iceberg?
The discovery of the presumed "God particle," or Higgs boson, apparently represents a once-in-a-lifetime observation of a fundamentally new type of matter. Is the discovery of this subatomic particle — that exists for just a fraction of a second — indeed that of the Higgs? If so, it portends a catastrophe that perplexes physicists, and suggests even more exotic particles. If not, the universe may be stranger still.
Discovery of the Higgs would resolve a 45-year-old puzzle. In quantum physics, to each particle there corresponds a field, and the Higgs field can give mass to other particles by interacting with them.… Seguir leyendo »