Discovery Of The Higgs Boson

by Aleandro Nisati, Vivek Sharma (Editor)

The recent observation of the Higgs boson has been hailed as the scientific discovery of the century and led to the 2013 Nobel Prize in physics. This book describes the detailed science behind the decades-long search for this elusive particle at the Large Electron Positron Collider at CERN and at the Tevatron at Fermilab and its subsequent discovery and characterization at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Written by physicists who played leading roles in this epic search and discovery, this book is an authoritative and pedagogical exposition of the portrait of the Higgs boson that has emerged from a large number of experimental measurements. As the first of its kind, this book should be of interest to graduate students and researchers in particle physics.

469 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 30, 2014

Reviews

[Mohamed · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a wonderful journey but unfortunately, I had to end it before I reach the end.
I hope that someday someone will write about some other particle physics achievements with all these scientific details and tell the true story of what happened in the decades of hard work. Starting from theoretical models until the experimental validation of the results.

hint: The book is intended for Particle physicists as the primary audience. but can be accessible for some parts for a general physicist.