Scientists closer to finding the 'God particle'

In the "light" are the secrets of the Higgs boson, also known and "God particle." Physicists working in large and competitive accelerators in Europe (CERN) and the USA (Fermilab Tevatron) have already detected all the basic particles provides the standard model or models, ie the dominant theory for the composition of matter in the universe. 

As announced at the International Conference on High Energy Physics, held in Paris until July 28, involving more than 1,000 leading scientists from around the world, experiments are progressing faster than expected and is already entering a stage where it can occur a "new physics". The Director General of CERN Rolf Chogier said among other things, that means the long-awaited proof of the existence of the Higgs boson's - believed to have given mass to other particles after the "Big Bang" - and the detection of dark matter, which is about one fifth of the universe. It should be noted that the visible matter does not exceed 5%.As, however, skeptical Chogier said, "will take time to shed the first light in this dark universe" and declined to predict whether there will be breakthroughs in 2012, not excluding take three to four more years. On the other side, appear more optimistic physicists of the older, smaller and less powerful American accelerator Tevatron, who stated that they no longer limit range for the possible mass of the Higgs boson in the quarter, with 95% reliability. For their part, scientists at CERN presented data showing that for the first time managed to find in Europe the "high" quarks (top), a short-lived massive particle so far been detected only in the U.S.. Although the accelerator at CERN is scheduled to run until 2030, had already begun discussions on building an even bigger and more powerful accelerator, which this time is linear and not cyclicality. Two competing projects already exist, a length that reaches up to 50 km (the circular underground particle accelerator at CERN is 27 km). Chogier But he admitted that there are still some parts of the accelerator technology for next generation, who each event resulting from an international scientific collaboration. Still not decided on the place of business, which will probably depend on which countries will give more money, which is expected to surpass 10 billion dollars.Japan, Russia, USA, Switzerland, India, China, Canada, etc.considered candidates for hosting. The new accelerator will not allow the collision of protons, as at CERN, but electrons and positrons (the equivalent to the anti-matter). According to manager of CERN, the initial programming is the accelerator to remain inactive throughout 2012 or more (for 15 months) to become new technical improvements in order to "run" now the maximum energy power, without fear of new injury. The final decision on the matter has not yet been taken by the Council of CERN, which is composed by representatives of 20 countries - members. The news is likely to displease the global community of individuals and more Europeans, and thus the American accelerator Tevatron - if it continues to operate, because the original plan was work by 2011 - will have another great opportunity to prevent the EU and to identify first the "God particle".