Peter Higgs

• 10 Apr 2024

On 9th April, Peter Higgs, known for proposing the existence of the "god particle," passed away at 94.

• Higgs predicted the Higgs boson in 1964, a particle central to understanding matter formation.
• Confirmation of the Higgs boson came almost 50 years later at the Large Hadron Collider.
• His theory explained how subatomic particles acquire mass, a key aspect of the Standard Model.
• In 2012, scientists at CERN confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson.
• Higgs, along with Francois Englert, won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2013 for their work.
• Edinburgh University, where Higgs was emeritus professor, hailed his groundbreaking contributions.
• His legacy as a gifted scientist and visionary will inspire future generations.