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Higgs Boson Discovery

Germany · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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2012

Rolf-Dieter Heuer4 July 2012

Geneva · Science / Physics

Announces that ATLAS and CMS have observed a new particle consistent with the long-sought Higgs boson.

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Rolf-Dieter Heuer

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