Announced that it has discovered the Higgs boson and new particles can be seen（ヒッグス粒子とみられる新粒子を発見したと発表）

(CERN) is four days, seen as a Higgs boson Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Europe are looking at the particle leads to (mass) of weight, has not been found but is predicted to exist in about 50 years ago in substance the "Higgs boson" announced that it had discovered a new particle. Published a consensus based on the latest research results of two experimental teams in Japan, the United States and Europe. In conclusion outlook leaves the end of the year have further verified, the history of physics discoveries were imminent.

Be a Higgs boson is one of the elementary particle which is the smallest unit of matter, and that the weight given to all substances. "Last particle" only, not found in the particles was shown in the "standard theory" of the fundamental laws of elementary particle

Immediately after the Big Bang birth of the universe is, elementary particle has no mass, and was flying to freedom at the speed of light. Higgs particles are considered to act as brakes of syrup to elementary particles, and was allowed to "win" the mass.

In the last undiscovered particle, its discovery would be the results of the Nobel Prize while class is expected in the standard theory.

CERN is emphasized consensus, while preliminary results "that was observed is a revolutionary new particles, but its meaning is very important," and. Predicted that with the Higgs particle to determine whether the end of the year.

New particles was confirmed by the observation that it has approximately 130 times the mass of the proton. "It also remains possible new particle is a particle of another unknown, the most likely candidate Higgs boson" is shallow, Associate Professor, University of Tokyo participated in the experiment said.

The discovery of new particles, it is amazing. It is likely to form was also demonstrated the correctness of the "standard theory" in this. I want to take them to promote further research to confirm.


物質に重さ（質量）をもたらす素粒子で、約５０年前に存在が予言されながら見つかっていない「ヒッグス粒子」を探している欧州合同原子核研究所 （ＣＥＲＮ）は４日、ヒッグス粒子とみられる新粒子を発見したと発表した。日米欧の２つの実験チームの最新の研究成果を基に統一見解を公表した。さらに検 証して年内にも結論が出る見通しで、物理学の歴史に残る大発見が間近に迫った。
　ヒッグス粒子は物質の最小単位である素粒子の一つで、すべての物質に重さを与えているとされる。素粒子の基本法則の「標準理論」で示された粒子の中で唯一、見つかっていない「最後の素粒子」　
　宇宙誕生のビッグバン直後、素粒子は質量を持たず、光速で自由に飛び回っていたとされる。ヒッグス粒子は素粒子に水あめのように作用してブレーキをかけ、質量を「獲得」させたと考えられている。
　標準理論で予想されながら未発見の最後の粒子で、その発見はノーベル賞級の成果となる。
　ＣＥＲＮは統一見解で、暫定的な結果としながらも「新粒子を観測したことは画期的で、その意味は非常に重要だ」と強調。年内にもヒッグス粒子かどうか確定するとの見通しを示した。
　新粒子は陽子の約１３０倍の質量を持つことを観測で確認した。実験に参加している浅井東大准教授は「新粒子が別の未知の粒子である可能性も残るが、ヒッグス粒子が最有力だ」と話した。
　新粒子の発見、凄いことですね。これで「標準理論」の正しさも証明された形になりそうですね。更なる研究を進めて確定にまで持っていって欲しいですね。