The 'God particle' may exist in five forms

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By Heidi Blake
Published: 10:42AM BST 15 Jun 2010

Finding the Higgs boson is the primary aim of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment in Geneva, but new results from a rival study taking place in the US suggest there may be five versions of the elusive subatomic particle, which has never been detected despite five decades of research.

Leon Lederman, the Nobel laureate, dubbed the theoretical boson "the God particle" because its discovery could unify understanding of the content of the universe and help humans "know the mind of God".

It is crucial to the accepted Standard Model of the cosmos which explains how subatomic particles are bound together by three of the four fundamental forces of nature - weak nuclear force, strong nuclear force and electromagnetism.

The Higgs boson is thought to mediate the force through which all the other particles acquire mass. But scientists overseeing the DZero experiment at the Tevatron particle accelerator in Illinois said the suggestion that five different particles could be responsible for this transaction may point to new laws of physics beyond the Standard Model.

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[phantom power]

1. No doubt I am pipe-dreaming...

but I really wish scientists would not succumb to the temptation of using religiously-loaded metaphors. Every time I see a headline with the phrase "god particle" it just makes me cringe.

[Angry Dragon]

2. Then do not watch Angels and Demons

[Orrex]

5. Did *anyone* watch it?

What on Earth for? :shrug:

[girl gone mad]

6. I watched it to get a look inside LHC.

Physicist porn. :)

[Qutzupalotl]

3. For pantheists, all particles are god particles.

:D

[FirstLight]

4. HA! even sub atomic particles are pagan!

5 elements...

earth, air, fire, water, and ether (spirit, consciousness)

bwahahah! I *TOLD* you!