📅 Tuesday 12 December, 12.30pm to 1.30pm 📅
The Higgs boson was discovered at CERN in 2012. It’s rare, being created in only 1 in a billion Large Hadron Collider collisions. It’s discovery has confirmed the existence of the Higgs field, a field that fills the entire Universe.
Now, psychists at CERN are examining how strongly the Higgs boson particle interacts with other particles, to see if this matches theoretical predictions.
Key questions being asked are:
- Is it one-of-a-kind or is there a whole sector of particles?
- Does it explain how the universe is formed?
- Does it get mass by interacting with itself in some way?
Next Tuesday, 12 December, between 12.30pm and 1.30pm, come to the Chat and explore the answers to these questions with scientists working on CERN research projects.
⏩ Get ahead!
Ahead of the Chat, take a look a the pre-reading material. This will give you an understanding of the Higgs boson and how it is being experimented with at CERN:
- A recent update from the CMS team about the possibility of ‘dark photon’ production in the decay of Higgs bosons in the detector.
- This collection of videos by CERN about the Higgs boson discovery.
✔️ Complete the Quiz
Final chance to win £20 this term! Get to know the scientists ahead of the live Chat by completing the latest Quiz. Read the team and scientists’ profiles and then test your knowledge.
