Annonuncement on Higgs Boson found to be made today.

[Peter Lemkin]

I was just watching the press conference live [I believe it will be rebroadcast here.] It really was rather exciting. Peter Higgs who came up with the theory many decades ago [1964] was there with tears in his eyes. It is the first scalar particle ever discovered and puts humans at the edge of understanding the structure of the universe and reality in the years to come. Details are very technical, but need not be understood to appreciate the achievement. It is likely the forerunner of new steps in the understanding of physics equal to that of Einstien's...but will take a few more years to make clear and to express. The collider at CERN is to be repaired and will be 'down' for the repairs for two years. Once 'up' again, it will be working at electron voltages far exceeding what it now operates at. The more powerful the voltages, the deeper into the subatomic structure it can see....literally into the fabric of space and time....and perhaps some day an understanding of how space and time and gravity all fit in with the various forces of the universe in a GUT [Grand Unification Theory]. No doubt the weapons manufacturers are drooling at weapons beyond the hydrogen bomb and lasers et al. But those at CERN are really interested, I believe, in the theoretical physics and what GOOD can come out of this for humankind. If nothing else, a better understanding of the structure of the universe and all in it will certainly come out of this...but, this will take some years yet to even clarify fully what was discovered here and now. They believe it is a boson, likely a variant of the Higgs boson..perhaps even the Higgs boson, which is theorized to be the particle/field that gives all things mass. Any practical applications to come out of this discovery are unknown at this time.