They doubt the actual discovery of the Higgs boson – La Vanguardia

MADRID (IRIN) A new study finds that there is no conclusive evidence that the particle discovered at CERN in 2013 is actually the famous Higgs . These researchers have examined the existing scientific data on the particle and published their analysis in the journal Physical Review D.

A member of this team is Toudal Mads Frandsen, associate at the Center for Cosmology and Phenomenology teacher Particle Physics at the University of Southern Denmark.

“The CERN data are usually taken as evidence that the particle is the Higgs boson. It is true that the Higgs particle can explain the data but there may be other explanations, you can also get this information from other particles, “says Mads Frandsen Toudal.

The researchers’ analysis does not discredit the possibility that CERN has found the Higgs boson. That’s still possible, but it is equally possible that this is a different type of particle. If not eventually be deHiggs particle, this team believes may be one of the Techni-called Higgs particle.

This particle is somewhat similar to the Higgs mode. Although the Higgs and Techni-Higgs can be easily confused in the experiments, are two very different particles belonging to two very different theories of how the Universe was created. The Higgs particle is the missing piece in the theory called the Standard Model.

This theory describes three of the four forces of nature. But it does not explain what dark matter – the substance that makes up most of the universe. A Techni-Higgs particle exists is an entirely different thing.

“A Techni-Higgs particle is not an elementary particle. Instead, it is called Techni-quarks, we believe are elementary. The Techni-quarks can be joined together in different ways to form such particles Techni-boson, while other combinations may be dark matter. Therefore, we expect to find several different particles in the LHC, all built by techni-quarks, “says Mads Frandsen Toudal.

If there Techni-quarks, must be a force to unite them together so they can form particles. None of the four known forces of nature (gravity, electromagnetic force, weak nuclear force and strong nuclear force) are good at the junction of Techni-quarks.

Therefore, you must be a yet undiscovered force of nature. This force is called the force of Technicolor. What was found last year in the CERN accelerator could therefore be the Higgs particle of the Standard Model or light Techni-Higgs particle, consisting of two Techni-quarks.

Mads Toudal Frandsen believes that CERN will probably end up providing information which can determine whether it was a Higgs boson or Techni-particle. If a more powerful accelerator of CERN is built, it will in principle be able to observe directly the Techni-quarks.