1 Higgs boson
The following is a link to a simplified demonstration using MathematicaTM for the generation of
the Higgs boson, a (hypothetical) fundamental, neutral scalar particle H0 which is supposed
to be detected ‘soon’ by one of the two Tevatron, particle accellerators presently in
operation.
The oversimplified simulation is in the form of a color animation with the MathematicaTM Player
(which is also a free download that does not save however). The simulated experiment seems to
indicate that unless the available energy is not greater than about 120 GeV the Higgs boson is not
readily observed. Feynman diagrams for the generation of the Standard Model Higgs boson are also
shown in this demo.
The potential for discovering the scalar Higgs boson is recently discussed for the CMS
experimental setup. Other hypothetical particles,‘neutralinos’, “could also emerge from
high–energy collisions at the Large Hadron Collider in Europe or the Tevatron collider in the
United States. Supersymmetry theories predict that neutralinos are closely related to the
well-known carriers of the electroweak force–photons and (W,Z) bosons–and also to Higgs bosons.
Whether the LHC will produce neutralinos, and what the experimental signatures of these
particles look like, depends on how neutralinos interact with ordinary matter. If the LHC
experiments discover neutralinos, a main goal will be to measure the relationship between
neutralinos and the electroweak force carriers. This will allow theorists to calculate the amount of
dark matter produced in the big bang and how it relates to the dark matter observed throughout
the universe today” (cf. Gordon Kane of the University of Michigan in a downloadable
pdf).
According to the current Standard Model theory, various particles are supposed to acquire mass
only via their interactions with the neutral scallar Higgs boson, H0. (A Nobel prize has already
been predicted for such a hypothetical discovery that would close the gap between the
current Standard Model theory and experimental, High energy physics. There have
already been unconfirmed rumors of Higgs bosons generated at the Fermilab Tevatron in
US.)
