One
of the most entertaining names that I’ve come across in the physics sector is
the “Oh My God Particle.” Scientists also refer to this
particle as the “ermahgerd particle” (kidding, kidding. It’s not really
called that, but it is called the “Oh My God Particle”). Now, the
first thing that may pop into some of your minds is the Higgs Boson, which was
discovered in 2012. This isn’t too surprising as the media went around calling
it the “God Particle.” However, these two particles are very different.
(Updated version of the previous version of the article.)
So
what is the Oh My God Particle? Well it is a simple, lowly proton. So why
the name?
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