Beyond the hypothesis: theory's role in the genesis, opposition, and pursuit of the Higgs boson

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2017.05.004zbMath1390.81673OpenAlexW2624377857MaRDI QIDQ1752556

James D. Wells

Publication date: 24 May 2018

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2017.05.004

zbMATH Keywords

standard modelHiggs bosonscientific discoverytheoretical particle physics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Unified quantum theories (81V22) Statistical mechanics of superconductors (82D55) Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Physics (00A79)

Uses Software

• HDECAY
• ALPGEN

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