2: The Higgs Boson Special

About this episode

This episode explores the history and future of Higgs-boson research at CERN, marking its 12th anniversary.

Take a deep dive into the past, present and future of Higgs-boson research at CERN . Tune in to a special podcast on the occasion of the enigmatic boson’s 12th anniversary. In this episode, 00:00 Teaser 00:13 Intro 03:29 4 July 2012 07:38 Why was this important? 14:29 Behind the discovery 28:19 Bosons and fermions 30:23 Books and metaphors 33:02 Since the discovery 37:47 High-Luminosity LHC 40:31 Physics at the HL-LHC 41:58 Detectors 42:30 The next era 42:52 Dark matter 44:28 Future machines 49:51 Question for you Discover us on your favourite podcast listening platform and CERN YouTube. We value our listeners' opinions and encourage you to share your thoughts on the pilot episode via this feedback form https://www.surveyhero.com/c/podcast-pilot . The survey will only take a minute of your time and it will be highly valuable for us to hear from you!

Topics covered

• Higgs boson
• CERN
• particle physics
• discovery
• future of physics
• dark matter
• high-luminosity LHC

Keywords

• Higgs boson
• CERN
• particle physics
• discovery
• dark matter
• high-luminosity LHC
• future machines
• bosons
• fermions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CERN, High-Luminosity LHC, HL-LHC, CERN YouTube, surveyhero.com

Books & works: Higgs boson

Places: CERN

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