Higgs Discovery - The Power of Empty Space

On July 4, 2012, physicists at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva madehistory when they discovered an entirely new type of subatomic particle that many scientists believe is the Higgs boson. For forty years, physicists searched for this capstone to the Standard Model of particle physics--the theory that describes both the most elementary components that are known in matter and the forces through which they interact. This particle points to the Higgs field, which provides the key to understanding why elementary particles have mass. In Higgs Discovery , Lisa Randall explains the science behind this monumental discovery, its exhilarating implications, and the power of empty space.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Randall
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.09.2013
• EAN: 9780062300478
• ISBN: 978-0-06-230047-8
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 205 mm x 5 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Science: general issues, Astrophysics, Reference works, Cosmology and the universe, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory), Nature and the natural world: general interest, Relativity physics, Astronomy, space and time, Particle and high-energy physics, Time (chronology), time systems and standards, SCIENCE: Reference, SCIENCE: Space Science / Astronomy, SCIENCE: Space Science / Cosmology, NATURE: Reference, SCIENCE: Time, SCIENCE: Physics / Astrophysics, SCIENCE: Physics / Atomic & Molecular, SCIENCE: Physics / Quantum Theory, SCIENCE: Physics / Relativity, Cybernetics and systems theory, SCIENCE: System Theory, SCIENCE: Physics / Particle, SCIENCE: Physics / Condensed Matter