The God Particle
Show notes
In 2012, the world’s most advanced science experiment uncovered the signature of the Higgs Boson, the so-called “God Particle” which gives particles their masses. The Higgs was the last of the Standard Model's particles to be verified experimentally. But far from closing the case, it instead opened a new frontier in physics that today embodies everything we still don’t know about nature’s smallest scales. And so in this video, we will wind back the clock more than half a century, to unravel the history and mysteries of the elusive Higgs Boson.
SOUNDTRACK:
- “Adega” - CO.AG Music (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2faIhMd5GY)
- “Cold Constellations” - Enzo Orefice
- “No Eyes in the Fog” - Enzo Orefice
- “Creepy Dolls” - Efliz
- “Vanished Minds” - CO.AG Music (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPQM8Twz5ec)
- “Orbiting Dreams” - Enzo Orefice
- “Sunrise” - Enzo Orefice
- “Parallel Dimensions” - Enzo Orefice
- “Hidden Presence” - Enzo Orefice
- “I Vanish When the Sun Awakens” - CO.AG Music (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5fLFlAI0Fw)Artists:
- Enzo Orefice: https://www.music-bay.net/artists/enzo-orefice/
- CO.AG Music: https://www.youtube.com/@co.agmusic/videos
CHAPTERS:
00:00: The Standard Model
01:58: The Higgs Field
04:53: The Weak Force Problem
08:12: Early Particle Colliders
12:14: The Large Hadron Collider
14:04: Detecting the Higgs Particle
18:31: Sigma Significance
20:23: Discovery in 2012
23:26: Naturalness vs. Fine Tuning
27:01: Supersymmetry
29:54: Future Colliders
32:05: Vacuum Decay