THE HIGGS HANGOVER: A SOBER LOOK AT THE WILD FRONTIER OF PARTICLE PHYSICS
On July 4, 2012, the champagne flowed. The elusive Higgs boson—the fundamental particle that gives mass to all other particles—had been found. After generations of work, the last puzzle piece was in place and the Standard Model of particle physics was complete. But then… the morning hangover. Particle physicists woke up to ask: What next? [...]
