Genetic Algorithms in the search for the Higgs boson

Justification

The Standard Model is the most accurate theory to date that characterizes fundamental particles and their interactions. The Higgs boson is the only fundamental particle predicted by the Standard Model whose existence has not been experimentally verified. The Higgs boson is the particle associated with the Higgs field, which, unlike the other fields of the Standard Model, is postulated to have a non-zero value in empty space. This implies that the ground state of the Standard Model breaks the electroweak symmetry. The symmetry breakdown causes the W and Z bosons to acquire mass. Furthermore, the postulated interaction between the Higgs field and the charged lepton and quark fields, as well as the Higgs field itself, causes the charged leptons, the quarks, and the Higgs to acquire mass. In effect, this interaction “slows down” these otherwise massless particles.

The Standard Model does not provide an explanation for the symmetry breakdown, nor does it predict the mass of the Higgs boson, but it does predict all other aspects of the Higgs boson including how it decays.The experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) would offer many insights into our understanding of the Standard Model, and what we can learn depend on what is seen. In addition to the high energies needed to create the Higgs boson, the unknown parameters make the search even more difficult.