{"id":1548,"date":"2024-02-18T15:31:31","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T10:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=1548"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:01:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:31:07","slug":"q-the-efforts-to-detect-the-existence-of-higgs-boson-particle-have-become-frequent-news-in-the-recent-past-what-is-are-the-importance-s-of-discovering-this-particle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-the-efforts-to-detect-the-existence-of-higgs-boson-particle-have-become-frequent-news-in-the-recent-past-what-is-are-the-importance-s-of-discovering-this-particle","title":{"rendered":"Q.\u00a0The efforts to detect the existence of Higgs boson particle have become frequent news in the recent past. What is\/are the importance (s) of discovering this particle?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. It will enable us to understand as to why elementary particles have mass.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. It will enable us in the near future to develop the technology of tranferring matter from one point to another without<\/strong> traversing the physical space between them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. It will enable us to create better fuels for nuclear fission.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Select the correct answer using the codes given below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • 1 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 1 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 1, 2 and 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      Answer: (a) 1 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

      Higgs boson<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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      • It is the fundamental force-carrying particle associated with the Higgs field<\/strong>, a field that gives mass to other fundamental particles<\/strong> such as electrons and quarks. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • It is one of the 17 elementary particles that make up the Standard Model of particle physics,<\/strong> which is scientists\u2019 best theory about the behaviors of the universe\u2019s most basic building blocks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Higgs boson plays such a fundamental role in subatomic physics<\/strong> that it is sometimes referred to as the \u201cGod particle.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • It was proposed in 1964 by Peter Higgs<\/strong>, Fran\u00e7ois Englert, and four other theorists to explain why certain particles have mass.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The particle was finally discovered on July 4, 2012,<\/strong> by researchers at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Features<\/strong>:\n
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        • The Higgs boson has a mass of 125 billion electron volts<\/strong> \u200a\u2014 \u200ameaning it is 130 times more massive than a proton<\/strong>\u200a, according to CERN.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • It is also chargeless with zero spin<\/strong>\u200a \u2014\u200a a quantum mechanical equivalent to angular momentum.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • The Higgs Boson is the only elementary particle with no spin.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Its a \u201cforce carrier\u201d particle that comes into play when particles interact with each othe<\/strong>r, with a boson exchanged during this interaction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • When the Higgs field doesn\u2019t provide mass to particles then there will be no gravity and no life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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