Projektdatenbank (ab 2004)

Projektnummer

0056023

Zusammenfassung

Modern particle physics encounters a fundamental problem. Over the past decades particles have been described that compose the Universe and their interactions in increasing detail. Nevertheless, there is still a big gap to fill before the whole story can be told. It is not yet understood how elementary particles acquire their mass, or in other words, what is the role of the famous Higgs Boson. The precision measurements of the mass of three fundamental particles, namely the W boson, the top quark and, if the discovery is confirmed, the Higgs boson, will give a definite answer. Therefor...