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20122012: Finding the Higgs boson
A large experiment turned a rare signal into a discovery.
On 4 July 2012, ATLAS and CMS announced a new particle consistent with the Higgs boson. Tests of its properties continued.
The result emerged from analysing many collisions. Data processing and statistical verification were as necessary as the accelerator and detectors.
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