The God particle

The God particle-Higgs boson

In mainstream media, the Higgs boson is very often referred to as "the God particle", after the title of Leon Lederman's book on the topic (1993). Although the proposed particle is both important and elusive, the epithet is strongly disliked by physicists, who regard it as misleading exaggeration. It is
not used in professional publications.

Mass of Higgs boson
It is about 133 proton masses i.e.,  the order of10−25 kg.
Equivalent energy= 125–127 GeV

What does Higgs boson mean for science?

1)The discovery confirms the Standard Model theory is valid. Other particles predicted by this theory
have been confirmed, but the missing Higgs boson was a glaring hole. Now that's closed.

2)  Other aspects of sub-atomic physics and of the cosmos that are unexplained, like dark matter(which makes up 25% of the matter in the universe but has never been seen), dark energy (which makes up 70% of matter in the universe but also has never been located), antimatter, super symmetry (a theory that for every particle there is a heavier twin), etc. With the Higgs boson found, scientists can look at these aspects with more surety.

3) The most well-known force in the universe — gravitation —is still not fully explained. Such issues are still to be cleared with findings on Higgs boson

K A Solaman