Chapter 14: A historical profile of the Higgs boson

DOI10.1142/9789814733519_0014zbMATH Open1360.81321arXiv1504.07217OpenAlexW3122419359MaRDI QIDQ2979745FDOQ2979745

Authors: M. K. Gaillard, John Ellis, D. V. Nanopoulos 

Publication date: 26 April 2017

Published in: Advanced Series on Directions in High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Higgs boson was postulated in 1964, and phenomenological studies of its possible production and decays started in the early 1970s, followed by studies of its possible production in electron-positron, antiproton-proton and proton-proton collisions, in particular. Until recently, the most sensitive searches for the Higgs boson were at LEP between 1989 and 2000, which were complemented by searches at the Fermilab Tevatron. Then the LHC experiments ATLAS and CMS entered the hunt, announcing on July 4, 2012 the discovery of a "Higgs-like" particle with a mass of about 125~GeV. This identification has been supported by subsequent measurements of its spin, parity and coupling properties. It was widely anticipated that the Higgs boson would be accompanied by supersymmetry, although other options, like compositeness, were not completely excluded. So far there are no signs any new physics, and the measured properties of the Higgs boson are consistent with the predictions of the minimal Standard Model. This article reviews some of the key historical developments in Higgs physics over the past half-century.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1504.07217

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Unified quantum theories (81V22) History of quantum theory (81-03) Experimental work for problems pertaining to quantum theory (81-05)

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