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Higgs boson decay

GS Paper 3  Syllabus: Science and Technology   Source: TH  Context: Physicists working with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle-smasher at CERN, reported that they had detected a Higgs boson decaying into a Z boson particle and a photon which is a very rare decay process.    About Higgs Boson: The Higgs boson is a …

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W boson:

GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Developments in Science and Technology.   Context: Researchers have announced that they have made a precise measurement of the mass of the so-called W boson.   What did the researchers find? Why is it significant? They stated that the W boson is slightly heavier than that predicted by the so-called …

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