Higgs and nothing?

The symmetries of the laws of nature are being put to the test, the measurement of interactions is succeeding with previously unattained precision, and new possibilities for producing elementary particles are being explored – a lot has happened in particle physics since the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012.

Nevertheless, no new elementary particles have been discovered since this historic success of the experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at the research centre CERN. However, there are several indications – the dark matter phenomenon is one of them – that other fundamental particles and interactions exist in nature. Whether and how such “new physics” can be proven with current experiments is currently the subject of controversial discussion and speculation.

A generally understandable insight into current theories, exciting science and ongoing discussions.

In cooperation with Spektrum der Wissenschaft Verlagsgesellschaft mbH