Nobel Physics Laureate Peter Higgs, Who Predicted the 'God Particle,' Passes Away

Prediction of the Existence of the Higgs Particle Known as the 'God Particle'
Took Half a Century to Confirm Particle's Existence... Tears Shed Upon Verification
Awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics for Contributions

Peter Higgs, an emeritus professor at the University of Edinburgh who predicted the existence of the 'Higgs boson' particle, also known as the 'God particle,' passed away on the 8th (local time) at the age of 94.

Professor Higgs giving an interview after winning the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics
[Photo by Nobel Prize YouTube]

The University of Edinburgh announced on the 9th that Professor Higgs peacefully passed away at his home after a brief illness. Peter Mattison, Vice-Principal of the University of Edinburgh, recalled, "Higgs was an extraordinary person. His perspective and imagination enriched our knowledge of the world around us, and he was truly a gifted scientist."

Higgs was born in 1929 in Newcastle, England. In 1964, he, along with Belgian physicist Fran?ois Englert, predicted the existence of the Higgs boson. The Higgs boson is one of the 17 fundamental particles that make up matter and is the particle that gives mass to all other elementary particles. It imparts properties and mass to other particles, earning it the nickname 'God particle' as if hidden by God. In other words, the existence of this particle completed the particle theory.

Thousands of scientists from CERN's ATLAS and CMS experimental teams dedicated themselves to confirming the existence of the Higgs boson. As a result, the particle's existence was confirmed in 2013 by scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). At that time, Higgs wiped away tears, saying, "I never expected this (confirmation) to happen in my lifetime. Sometimes, being right is a very good thing." In 2013, Higgs was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics along with Fran?ois Englert, emeritus professor at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium, for predicting the existence of the Higgs boson.

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