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Particle and nuclear

Particle and nuclear

Discovering the Higgs boson: a day in physics like no other

01 Jul 2022
Taken from the July 2022 issue of Physics World.

Achintya Rao recollects the momentous day 10 years ago when CERN announced it had discovered the Higgs boson

The CERN auditorium on 4 July 2012, filled with scientists applauding the announcement of the Higgs boson
The big day Fabiola Gianotti (foreground, wearing red top) leads the applause in the packed CERN auditorium on 4 July 2012. (Courtesy: CERN)
It was around a quarter past midnight on 4 July 2012, and I was sprinting to catch the last tram of

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Achintya Rao is a community manager at the Alan Turing Institute and a freelance science writer based in Bristol, UK. Achintya previously worked as a science communicator at CERN for over a decade, and recently passed the viva for a PhD in science communication from the University of the West of England, Bristol
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