A Guide To Particle Physics

Higgs Boson is a particle postulated by the Standard Model of Physics to provide mass to all particles in the universe. **Statement 1 is correct:** Discovery of the Higgs Boson will help us further understand why elementary particles have mass. **Statement 2 is incorrect:** The technology of transferring physical matter without traversing the physical space in between is not presently related to the discovery of the Higgs Boson. **Statement 3 is incorrect:** The Higgs Boson will not help in creating better fuels for nuclear fission. It has to be understood that the discovery of the Higgs Boson will only confirm what has already been theorised and is not the discovery of a new principle in Physics.

IceCube is a particle detector at the South Pole that records the interactions of a nearly massless subatomic particle called the neutrino. IceCube searches for neutrinos from the most violent astrophysical sources, events like exploding stars, gamma-ray bursts, and cataclysmic phenomena involving black holes and neutron stars. **Statement 1 is correct:** IceCube is the world's largest neutrino detector, encompassing a cubic kilometre of ice. **Statement 2 is correct:** The IceCube telescope is a powerful tool to search for dark matter and could reveal the physical processes associated with the enigmatic origin of the highest energy particles in nature. **Statement 3 is correct:** It is buried beneath the surface, extending to about 2,500 meters. Burying it deep in ice is important to enhance the precision of the detector. In addition to exploring the background of neutrinos produced in the atmosphere, IceCube studies the neutrinos themselves; their energies far exceed those produced by accelerator beams. Thus, all three statements are correct.