Read article 'Towards a Higgs boson: first steps in an incredible journey'
In June 1993, ATLAS and CMS received the provisional go-ahead to submit technical proposals, beginning a difficult but amazing path to the major discovery.
Read article 'BESIII observes new mystery particle'
BESIII team reported the observation of a new particle product of the decay of Y(4260).
Read article 'Birth of a Higgs boson'
How the new particle of 2012 has this year acquired a name.
Read article 'The scent of discovery: a visit to CERN in late 1982'
Lalit Sehgal experienced an increased curiosity in electroweak physics at CERN in the weeks leading up to the discovery of the W and Z bosons.
Read article 'CMS prepares for the future'
There will be no rest at Point 5, site of the CMS detector, during the long shutdown
Read article 'First measurements of electroweak boson fusion'
In proton collisions at the LHC, vector boson fusion (VBF) happens when quarks from each one of the two colliding protons radiate W or Z bosons that subsequently interact or "fuse" as in the Feynman d...
Read article 'New boson’s mirror image looks like the Higgs'
More than 20 years ago, the CMS and ATLAS experiments at the LHC embarked on a long road into the unknown and, rather like Christopher Columbus, the two collaborations reached a new land last summer....
Read article 'ATLAS in 2012: building on success'
As more data rolled in, new results rolled out.
Read article 'Higgs Discovery: The Power of Empty Space!'
Carlos Lourenço reviews in 2012 Higgs Discovery: The Power of Empty Space!
Read article 'Higgs: The Invention and Discovery of the ‘God Particle’'
Carlos Lourenço reviews in 2012 Higgs: The Invention and Discovery of the ‘God Particle’.
