From the archive · Wednesday, 26 August 2026

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Paper2012

Observation of a New Particle in the Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson with the ATLAS Detector at the LHC

ATLAS Collaboration

Reports the discovery of a new boson consistent with the long-predicted Higgs, closing the last unconfirmed piece of the Standard Model.

Level: Advanced
Access: Free
Length: 29 pages
Copy: link checked 17 Sept 2026
Filed under: Particle Physics & Quantum Field Theory

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