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The Higgs Boson and Beyond

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Understand one of the most exciting scientific discoveries of our time with this fascinating short course that explains the science behind the hunt for the Higgs boson.

Syllabus

  • 01: The Importance of the Higgs Boson
  • 02: Quantum Field Theory
  • 03: Atoms to Particles
  • 04: The Power of Symmetry
  • 05: The Higgs Field
  • 06: Mass and Energy
  • 07: Colliding Particles
  • 08: Particle Accelerators and Detectors
  • 09: The Large Hadron Collider
  • 10: Capturing the Higgs Boson
  • 11: Beyond the Standard Model of Particle Physics
  • 12: Frontiers-Higgs in Space
  • By This Professor

Taught by

Sean Carroll

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