Riddle of ‘God particle’ could be solved by 2012: CERN

Richard Ingham
Physorg.com
May 17, 2011

The Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator operated by European Organization for Nuclear Research near Geneva. Physicists at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) say they believe that by the end of 2012 they will be able to determine whether a theorised particle called the Higgs boson, which has unleashed a gruelling decades-long hunt, exists or not.

Physicists said on Tuesday they believed that by the end of 2012 they could determine whether a theorised particle called the Higgs boson, which has unleashed a gruelling decades-long hunt, exists or not.

“I’m pretty confident that towards the end of 2012 we will have an answer to the Shakespeare question for the Higgs boson — to be, or not to be?” Rolf-Dieter Heuer, director general of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), told a press conference at Britain’s Royal Society.

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This article was posted: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 11:08 am

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