What Gives Particles Mass? Searching for the Higgs Boson

More than two dozen UC San Diego physicists are working with hundreds of other scientists at CERN's Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, searching for a subatomic particle called the "Higgs boson." How are they doing it? What have they found thus far? And why is this search considered one of civilization's greatest quests? UC San Diego Professor of Physics Vivek Sharma, who directs the Higgs search for the CMS collaboration, explains what physicists hope to achieve at the world's largest scientific experiment, involving an estimated 10,000 individuals from 60 countries. Series: "Frontiers of Knowledge" [2/2011] [Science] [Show ID: 20046]

[giscertified]

Vivek Sharma, wow I'm so proud of you. your presentation is more spiritual with science. Glad to know you.

[speng]

So much to learn, so little time! I am very grateful that this video was made accessible to the general public.

[snottyxraygirl]

Isn't that the point of studying the entire universe? I think it is wonderful & I anticipate each new discovery. We live in such an interesting time now & we have the tools to prove our theories. Kudos to all involved, and keep up the good work! Physics is cool.

[ganvads]

simple but powerful explanation covering from the fundamentals to the intricate details of the architecture of the collidor...Very well done Mr.Vivek..thanks for that video UC San Diego....

[pradeeppandey]

Thanks, Mr. Sharma .You're doing a tremendous job ; otherwise it is not easy to make a layman like me to understand so complicated a concept . Pl. accept my compliments and regards !

[supanovasky]

amazing insight into how lhc works best lecture ive seen in a while

[Mrbfgray]

This is among the very best of it's kind and entertaining as well.

[allgoo]

This lecture explains the history and the scale of the project which I understand better and very enjoyable to watch. Just look at the size of that thing!!
The theory of Higgs boson itself is hard act to follow, for me. I got to keep working on it. ^_^

[UsmanUrRehmanAhmed]

In reference to this video at 51:00

"Increase proton beam energy to 8TeV". They just achieved it today. Congratulations

[LovesmeAnorca]

i just got home from school a while ago after learning about this stuff in biology. :' ) oh youtube, i knew you werent just filled with weird shows, anime and poptart cats <3 im so glad i got a more indepth idea of the Higgs Boson

[jeremysaint]

this is really appreciated. i have honestly been wondering how light can have mass and thus be effected by gravity, yet travel at the speed of light and thus due to relativity travel through time very slowly. i suspect i do not explain my query well, but i am not a physicist and as i learned about relativity this particular question really vexed me. i hope as i watch the program my question is answered!

[rproctor]

well said man, pretty much my exact view on science.

[joppadoni]

the idea is that energy and mass can be correlated. gravity can be defined within the idea as a force or particle which is effected by concentration of the matter. space times slightly different in its observational field. this is an idea of priority matter not what happens over time and movement

[MarioDConti]

They are really looking for the philosopher stone: how to transform the mass in energy and viceversa. This stuff amazes everyone but also raises soe concerns that, after discovering this particle, we will have to look for another one and another one again no stop. We'll see.

[PeeteyP]

@ 19:09: If there is a Higgs field, then quantum theory tells us that there will be a ripple in the field and a quantum particle associated with it, just as the photon is the particle associated with a ripple in the electromagnetic field.

[userwl]

thanks. you, ve made e feel really old.

[ammavanmash]

Very good lecture.  Ordinary non science people can understand from this.

[WMsReligion]

... actually the data and analysis was done months ago but they were released July 4. ... but yeah, its significant.

[joppadoni]

the higgs boson will match up the idea of energy grouping together depending on which energies are affected by it and which arent. its a step to understanding gravity in the big picture. i hope :S

[MrKorrazonCold]

"E2 forming inward spherical wave fronts multiplying time dilation at right+angles 4pi expanding wave fronts 2pi at right-angles repelling like time dilating inertial ref-frames of opposed motion 'particles' vibrating trillions of times per second from matter to antimatter absorbing + and -emitting density of the two previous levels spiralling outward the Fibonacci sequence now as constant outward momentum of the light C2 forms the inward force called gravity."