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The discovery of a particle with the same characteristics as the Higgs could bring a nomination for the Nobel Prize in physics for scientists to find it. But finding someone who deserves to receive a prize is not simple.

On July 4, the European Atomic Research Organization (CERN) announced that its scientists have found that the new particle has the same characteristics as the Higgs particle, which creates mass for matter in the universe. Their remaining job is to determine whether the new particle is the Higgs particle, often called the "Lord's particle" , or not.

The discovery of particles with the same characteristics as the Higgs (or perhaps it is the Higgs particle) will help at least one Nobel Prize winner in Physics, The Guardian said. The Swedish Academy, which has the authority to set up a committee to choose the Nobel Prize for Physics and Nobel Prize, only considers up to three people. This provision came about during the period when most scientific achievements were found by individuals or small groups.

Physics professor Peter Higgs (right) talks to physicist Francois Englert in
press conference of the European Atomic Research Organization at Geneva on July 4.

Two groups of experts from the International Atomic Research Organization (CERN), with a number of thousands of people, have made up to 500,000 billion particle collisions in a large particle accelerator (LHC) to search for particles. Higgs in the wreckage of particles. They all deserve the Nobel Prize.

Determining who deserves the Nobel Prize in Physics will be a problem for the Swedish Academy. It is possible that the prize will be given to six theoretical physicists who have theorized about the mass of particles nearly 50 years ago. These six people in turn announced their hypothesis within four months of 1964. Robert Brout and Francois Englert, two experts of the University of Freedom in Belgium, announced the hypothesis in August. Brout died in the year. 2001. As a rule, the Nobel Prize is not given to the deceased.

Peter Higgs, an English physicist, published two works on the particle named after him in September and October. In the second report, he declared the Standard Model of particle physics - the most successful hypothesis in solving. Like all phenomena in the universe - need a new kind of particle in nature to be perfect. In 1972, the scientific community used the name Higgs to refer to the type of particle that Higgs mentioned. Naming the mystic nut is an important task, because it provides a specific goal for the scientific search effort.

In November 1964, three theoretical physicists also published the hypothesis of the mysterious particle in the Standard Model. They include two American scientists - Dick Hagen and Gerry Guralnik - and British physicist Tom Kibble.

Higgs and two groups of independent experts, not related. Therefore, at least 5 surviving physicists may be considered for the Nobel Prize. If the particle that CERN physicists discovered was the Higgs particle, then Higgs would certainly be honored. The other 4 physicists will compete for the other two positions if the Swedish Academy decides to choose three people to award. Francois Englert is the first to publish the hypothesis, so it has an advantage over his colleagues. So the award committee will have to choose Guralnik, Hagen or Kibble in the final position.

In fact, the debate about who deserves the Nobel Prize between those who study the Higgs has long exploded. In a scientific conference in Paris in 2010, American physicists expressed opposition after conference organizers announced that only Higgs, Englert and Brout deserve to be called the hypothesis of the Higgs particle. . Guralnik and Hagen believe that some European physicists are trying to get them out of history. The disadvantage for Guralnik and Hagen is that they announced the latest hypothesis.

Deciding who has the greatest role in the Higgs hypothesis is an unsolvable problem for the Swedish Academy. Limiting the number of Nobel laureates is the way to maintain the reputation of the prize. But in this day and age, very few scientific discoveries have been made thanks to the work of one or several individuals. Most of them are the results of large groups and in many cases the number of these groups can reach several thousand.