What the Higgs Is Going on at the LHC?

Newswise — Tuesday, December 13th at 12:30 - 1:30 pm EST — What is everything in the universe made of? What was the universe like billions of years ago?

These are eternal questions that humans have pondered throughout the ages. Today, we are on the verge of potentially making revolutionary breakthroughs in answering them.

Join Perimeter Institute for an interactive, live webcast with PI Researchers as they discuss the latest findings from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN - the biggest, most ambitious scientific experiment in human history.

On Tuesday, December 13, CERN will announce its latest LHC data in the search for the last undiscovered particle in our current model of subatomic particles. This particle is the near-mythical Higgs boson - the particle thought to be involved in giving other particles their mass.

The LHC is a 27-kilometre long underground experiment located on the Swiss-French border near Geneva. It smashes subatomic particles together at vast speeds in an effort to learn more about the fundamental building blocks that make up everything around you.

Perimeter's interactive, live webcast is an educational event, geared towards high school students, teachers and the public. It will follow CERN's announcement and discuss the findings, background and implications in clear, accessible language.

Join host Damian Pope and PI Researchers Natalia Toro, Philip Schuster, Itay Yavin, and experimental particle physicist Andy Haas of New York University for an informative hour of discussion.

Participate tomorrow at 12:30 ET: http://pitp.ca/whatthehiggs

Join the discussion on Twitter with #piLIVE. Scientists will be live tweeting and taking questions throughout the webcast.

Please direct media inquiries to:

RJ TaylorPerimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics519-569-7600 x5371rtaylor[at]perimeterinstitute[dot]ca

About Perimeter Institute:

Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI) is an independent, non-profit, scientific research organization working to advance our understanding of physical laws and develop new ideas about the very essence of space, time, matter and information. Located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, PI also provides a wide array of research training and educational outreach activities to nurture scientific talent and share the importance of discovery and innovation among students, teachers and the general public. In partnership with the Governments of Ontario and Canada, PI is a successful example of public-private collaboration in scientific research, training and outreach.