The efforts to detect the existence of Higgs boson particle have becom

The efforts to detect the existence of Higgs boson particle have become frequent news in the recent past. What is/are the importance/importances of discovering this particle?

  • 1. It will enable us to understand as to why elementary particles have mass.
  • 2. It will enable us in the near future to develop the technology of transferring matter from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them.
  • 3. It will enable us to create better fuels for nuclear fission.

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1 only
2 and 3 only
1 and 3 only
1, 2 and 3
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UPSC IAS – 2013
Statement 1 is correct because the Higgs boson is fundamentally linked to the mechanism by which elementary particles acquire mass through their interaction with the Higgs field. Statements 2 and 3 are incorrect; the discovery of the Higgs boson is not related to matter transfer technology (teleportation) or nuclear fission fuel development.
The Standard Model of particle physics describes the fundamental particles and forces. The Higgs field and its associated particle, the Higgs boson, were proposed to explain why some elementary particles have mass while others (like photons) do not. The detection of the Higgs boson in 2012 by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider confirmed this mechanism.
Statement 2 describes a speculative concept (teleportation) not related to the properties or applications of the Higgs boson. Statement 3 is irrelevant to the field of nuclear energy; nuclear fission involves the splitting of atomic nuclei, a process governed by the strong nuclear force and properties of isotopes, not the Higgs mechanism.
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