Bonner Lab faculty in CMS (left to right: Profs. Ecklund, Roberts, Li, Geurts, and Padley)
“The 2013 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded Tuesday to theorists Peter Higgs and Francois Englert for their work developing the theory of what is now known as the Higgs field, but the prize is being celebrated by experimental particle physicists at Rice — and thousands like them — who participated in the groundbreaking 2012 discovery of the Higgs particle that led to the Nobel announcement.”
Taken from http://news.rice.edu/2013/10/08/rice-u-physicists-celebrate-nobel-prize-for-higgs-discovery/
Other related links:
Higgs discovery captures Nobel Prize (youtube video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6MHSB1gfDc
Rice has long history with CERN
http://news.rice.edu/2012/07/04/rice-has-long-history-with-cern/
Rice physicists help discover new particle that may be Higgs
http://news.rice.edu/2012/07/04/rice-physicists-help-discover-new-particle-that-may-be-higgs-2/
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