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The Higgs Boson (CERN)

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CERN's own page on the Higgs boson, covering the Large Hadron Collider, the 4 July 2012 announcement by the ATLAS and CMS experiments, and the significance of the discovery.

Facts
Publisher
CERN
URL
https://home.cern/science/physics/higgs-boson/
Source Type
institutional record
Reliability Tier
1
CERN's own account of its own instrument and its own experiment, the primary institutional record for both, tier 1 on the same basis this atlas already gives an organisation's account of its own founding.
Claims Backed By This Source (18 claims)

This source backs 18 claims across the atlas. As facts: 13 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Experiments, 8 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 connected, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
  • Theories, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
  • Instruments, 1 claims: 1 connected.

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