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[[File:CMS Higgs-event.jpg|thumb|left|215px|An example of simulated data resulting from the Large Hadron Collider, in which signatures of Higgs boson could be detected. {{image credit|CERN}}]]


Physicists at the {{w|European Organization for Nuclear Research}} (CERN), including director {{w|Rolf-Dieter Heuer}}, are confident that the {{w|Higgs boson}} will be discovered before 2013.  The Higgs boson, a hypothetical {{w|elementary particle}} important to modern physics, has never been discovered even after decades of search.

Identification of the particle involves pouring over the large amounts of data generated by CERN's {{w|Large Hadron Collider}}, the world's largest {{w|particle accelerator}}.  According to Bob Jones, head of {{w|CERN Openlab}}, the Large Hadron Collider generates 1 petabyte (1 million gigabytes) of raw data per second.  Large volumes of data must be constantly filtered in order to reveal information that could be relevant to the Higgs boson.

[[File:Higgs, Peter (1929)5.jpg|thumb|right|215px|Peter Higgs in 2009. {{image credit|Andrew A. Ranicki}}]]

The Higgs boson, also know as "the God Particle", is thought to be related to the origin of {{w|mass}} in the {{w|Standard Model}} of {{w|particle physics}}.  Its discovery would be a pronounced step forward in modern physics' understanding of the {{w|Cosmogony|creation of the universe}}, as well as a significant achievement of the Standard Model.  The Standard Model theory, which describes the mechanics of the universe at the level of elementary particles, has not been experimentally verified in entirety.  The Higgs Boson, named after British physicist {{w|Peter Higgs}}, remains one of the last major missing pieces.

There has been speculation that a major announcement related to the Higgs boson might be made by CERN at the {{w|International Conference on High Energy Physics}}, scheduled in July.  CERN itself, however, has not confirmed that they plan to make any such announcement.  If the Higgs boson were to be formally identified, it would likely lead to a {{w|Nobel Prize}} for Higgs, who is now 83 years old.

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== Sources == 

*{{source|url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/14/cern_cloud_helix_nebula/
|title=Hurry up, EU: CERN boffins need clouds to hunt Higgs boson
|author=Brid-Aine Parnell
|pub=The Register
|date=June 14, 2012
}}
*{{source|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/12/us-science-higgs-idUSBRE85B0EZ20120612
|title=Big Bang particle discovery closer: scientists
|author=Robert Evans
|pub=Reuters
|date=June 12, 2012
}}
*{{source|url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112546963/cern-head-predicts-higgs-boson-discovery-before-2013/
|title=CERN Head Predicts Higgs Boson Discovery Before 2013
|author=
|pub=RedOrbit
|date=June 3, 2012
}}

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