Figure 1 Inside the LHC tunnel
CERN
The terms in bold link to topics in the AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and CCEA A-level specifications, as well as the IB, Pre-U and Highers/Advanced Highers exam specifications.
The story of the Higgs particle discovery involves the mass–energy relationship and the standard model of particle physics (quarks, leptons and exchange forces). It also illustrates aspects of how science works: a theoretical prediction was tested in a series of specially designed experiments, and data analysis provided key evidence for the discovery.
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