unstable particle created in fraction of a second after the Big Bang before decaying into smaller

particles that form the building blocks of the universe.

Experimental Set-up at the LHC

♤ To find the Higgs boson, scientists attempt to recreate the conditions that existed just after the Big Bang.

♤ This is done by firing two proton beams at each other through the LHC, and detecting the particles created by their collision.

♤ In the LHC, two 3.5 TeV (1TeV=1012 eV)proton beams are travelling in the opposite direction at