Excitement builds over 'glimpses' at LHC

Scientists are widely expected to present evidence on Tuesday that the most coveted prize in particle physics - the Higgs boson - has been glimpsed.

The Higgs boson 

 The Higgs is a sub-atomic particle that is predicted to exist, but has not yet been seen 

It was proposed as a mechanism to explain mass by six physicists, including Peter Higgs, in 1964

 It imparts mass to other fundamental particles via the associated Higgs field 

It is the last missing member of the Standard Model, which explains how particles interact 

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