The long search for the fabled Higgs boson may be drawing to its end. Rolf Heuer, director-general of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, has reportedly stated that the particle’s existence will either be proved or disproved within 12 months. Heuer’s statement was backed by two other prominent scientists: Pier Oddone of Fermilab, the only high-energy physics laboratory in the United States; and Atsuto Suzuki of KEK, Japan’s high-energy accelerator research organization.
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Physicists: If There Is a God Particle, We'll Find It Soon
Posted by: Richard Adhikari October 10, 2011 06:00 AMThe long search for the fabled Higgs boson may be drawing to its end. Rolf Heuer, director-general of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, has reportedly stated that the particle’s existence will either be proved or disproved within 12 months. Heuer’s statement was backed by two other prominent scientists: Pier Oddone of Fermilab, the only high-energy physics laboratory in the United States; and Atsuto Suzuki of KEK, Japan’s high-energy accelerator research organization.