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The God particle at last? Science Week, Nov 15 th, 2012 Cormac O Raifeartaigh Waterford Institute of Technology

CERN July 4 th 2012 (ATLAS and CMS ) A new particle of mass 125 GeV

Why is the Higgs particle important? I. Fundamental structure of matter Key particle in theory of matter Outstanding particle II. The forces of nature Interaction of particles and forces Role of Higgs field in unified field theory III. Study of early universe Highest energy density since first instants Info on origin of universe God particle

I The Higgs boson Overview Particle physics and the Standard Model II The Large Hadron Collider What, why, how III The discovery A new particle at the LHC IV The future Physics beyond the Standard Model

I Early particle physics (1900-1912) Discovery of the atom (1908) Einstein-Perrin (expected) Discovery of the nucleus (1911) Rutherford Backscattering (surprise) Positive, tiny core Fly in the cathedral Brownian motion Negative electrons outside Fundamental particles (1895) What holds electrons in place? What holds nucleus together? What causes radioactivity?

Atoms and chemistry Discovery of the proton (1918) Particles of +ve charge inside nucleus Explains periodic table Atoms of different elements have different number of protons in nucleus Number protons = number electrons (Z) Determines chemical properties Discovery of the neutron (1932) Uncharged particle in nucleus Explains atomic masses and isotopes What holds nucleus together?

Strong nuclear force (1934) New force >> electromagnetic Independent of electric charge (p+, n) Extremely short range Quantum theory New particle associated with force Acts on protons and neutrons Hideki Yukawa Yukawa pion π -, π 0, π + Discovered 1947 (cosmic rays)

Weak nuclear force (1934) Radioactive decay of nucleus Changes number of protons in nuc Neutrons changing to protons? Beta decay of the neutron n p + + e - + ν New particle: neutrino Discovered 1956 Fermi s theory of the weak force Four interacting particles Enrico Fermi

Four forces of nature (1930s) Force of gravity Long range Holds cosmos together Electromagnetic force Electricity + magnetism Holds atoms together Strong nuclear force Holds nucleus together Weak nuclear force Responsible for radioactivity (Fermi) The atom

New elementary particles (1940-50) Cosmic rays π + μ + + ν Particle accelerators Pions, muons, neutrinos, antiparticles

Walton: accelerator physics Cockcroft and Walton: linear accelerator Protons used to split the nucleus (1932) 1 H 1 + 3 Li 6.9 2 He 4 + 2 He 4 Verified mass-energy (E= mc 2 ) New way of creating particles? Nobel prize (1956) Cavendish lab, Cambridge

High-energy physics Accelerate charged particles to high velocity High voltage E = mc 2 Collisions High energy density New particles observed Not inside original particles m = E/c 2

Particle Zoo (1950s, 1960s) Over 100 elementary particles

Anti-particles Dirac equation for the electron Twin solutions Negative energy values? Paul A.M. Dirac 1902-84 Particles of opposite charge (1928) Anti-electrons (detected 1932) Anti-particles for all particles Energy creates matter and anti-matter Why is the universe made of matter? E= mc 2

New model: quarks (1964) Too many particles Protons not fundamental Made up of smaller particles New fundamental particles Quarks (fractional charge) Gell-Mann, Zweig Hadrons: particles containing quarks Baryons (3 quarks) mesons (2 quarks) Prediction of -

Finding quarks Stanford/MIT 1969 Scattering experiments (similar to RBS) Three centres of mass inside proton Strong force = inter-quark force! Defining property = colour Strange behaviour Quark confinement The energy required to produce a separation far exceeds the pair production energy of a quark-antiquark pair

Six quarks (1970s 1990s) 30 years experiments Six different quarks (u,d,s,c,b,t) Six corresponding leptons (e, μ, τ, υ e, υ μ, υ τ ) Gen I: all of ordinary matter Gen II, III redundant? New periodic table

Bosons and the Standard Model Bosons: particles associated with forces Electromagnetic force mediated by photons Strong force mediated by gluons Weak force mediated by W and Z bosons Problems constructing theory of weak force Satyendra Nath Bose Em + w: single interaction above 100 GeV Quantum field causes symmetry breaking Separates em, weak interactions Endows W, Z bosons with mass Called the Higgs field

The Standard Model (1970-90s) Strong force = quark force (QCD) EM + weak force = electroweak force Higgs field causes e-w symmetry breaking Gives particle masses Matter particles: fermions (1/2 integer spin) Force particles: bosons (integer spin) Experimental tests Top, bottom, charm, strange quarks Leptons W +-,Z 0 bosons Higgs boson outstanding

The Higgs field Electro-weak symmetry breaking Mediated by scalar field Higgs field Generates mass for W, Z bosons Peter Higgs W and Z bosons (CERN, 1983) Kibble, Guralnik, Hagen, Englert, Brout Generates mass for all massive particles Associated particle : scalar boson Higgs boson Particle masses not specified

The Higgs field Particles acquire mass by interaction with the field Some particles don t interact (massless) Photons travel at the speed of light Heaviest particles interact most Top quarks Self-interaction = Higgs boson Mass not specified by SM

II The Large Hadron Collider Particle accelerator (8TeV) High-energy collisions (10 12 /s) E = mc 2 Huge energy density Create new particles m= E/c 2 Detect particle decays Four particle detectors

How Two proton beams E = (4 + 4) TeV v = speed of light 10 12 collisions/sec Ultra high vacuum Low temp: 1.6 K Superconducting magnets LEP tunnel: 27 km Luminosity: 5.8 fb -1

Around the ring at the LHC Nine accelerators Cumulative acceleration Velocity increase? K.E = 1/2mv 2 Mass increase x1000 m m 0 1 v 2 c 2

Particle detectors Detectors at crossing pts CMS multi-purpose ATLAS multi-purpose ALICE quark-gluon plasma LHC-b antimatter decay

Particle detection Tracking device Measures particle momentum Calorimeter Measures particle energy ATLAS Identification detector Measures particle velocity Cerenkov radiation Analysis of decay tracks GRID computing

III A Higgs at the LHC? Search for excess events Mass not specified? Close windows of possibility 120-160 GeV (1999) Set by mass of top quark, Z boson Search running out of space!

Higgs production in LHC collisions 1 in a billion collisions

Detect Higgs by decay products Most particles interact with Higgs Variety of decay channels Massive particles more likely Difficult to detect from background Needle in a haystack Needle in haystack of needles High luminosity required Ref: hep-ph/0208209

Analysis: GRID Huge number of collisions Data analysis World Wide Web (1992) Platform for sharing data GRID (2012) Distributed computing World-wide network Huge increase in computing power

Higgs search at LHC (2011) Excess events at 125 GeV in ATLAS and CMS detectors Higher luminosity required 4.8 fb -1

April-July 2012: 8 TeV, 5.8 fb -1 Measure energy of photons emitted Measure decay products of Z bosons

Results (July, 2012) H γγ (8 TeV, 5.3 fb -1 )

Results (July, 2012) H ZZ (8 TeV, 5.3 fb -1 )

Results: all decay channels

Results summary New particle Mass 126 +/- 0.5 GeV Zero charge Integer spin (zero?) Scalar boson 6 sigma signal (August, 2012) Higgs boson?

IV Next at the LHC Characterization of new boson Branching ratios, spin Deviations from theory? Supersymmetry Numerous Higgs? Other supersymmetric particles Implications for unification Cosmology Dark matter particles? Dark energy? Higher dimensions?

Supersymmetry Success of electro-weak unification Extend program to all interactions? Theory of everything No-go theorems (1960s) Relation between bosons and fermions? Supersymmetry (1970s) New families of particles Broken symmetry particles not seen Heavy particles (LHC?)

LHC and cosmology

Cosmology at the LHC Snapshot of early universe Highest energy density since BB Dark matter particles? Neutralinos (SUSY) Dark energy? Scalar field Higher dimensions? Kaluza Klein particles String theory? T = 10 19 K, t = 1x10-12 s, V = football

Summary (2012) New particle detected at LHC Mass 126 +/- 0.5 GeV Zero charge, integer spin (zero?) Consistent with Higgs boson Confirmation of e-w unification Particle theory right so far En route to a theory of everything? Slides on Antimatter

Epilogue: CERN and Ireland European Centre for Particle Research World leader 20 member states 10 associate states 80 nations, 500 univ. Ireland not a member No particle physics in Ireland..almost