Tag: Higgs mechanism
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In discussion with John Ellis: The Higgs, Patience and Perseverance in Science
In discussion with John Ellis: The Higgs, Patience and Perseverance in Science by Panos Charitos For John Ellis, the history of the Higgs boson is not a neat, short story that begins with a theory paper and ends with a discovery announcement. It is a long intellectual adventure, beginning in superconductivity, moving through the construction
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Collecting the pieces of the Infinity Puzzle – An Interview with Frank Close
Collecting the pieces of the Infinity Puzzle – An Interview with Frank Close So what is the Infinity Puzzle about? When quantum electrodynamics was used beyond the simplest approximations it gave nonsense: infinity came as the answer for quantities that have sensible measured values. This problem was solved in 1947, when a way was found