The mystery surrounding the origin of the universe could be unravelled by the end of 2012. By then, it should be clear if it was indeed the Big Bang that had triggered it and whether Higgs particles - the first matter to be generated - exist at all, according to Rolf-Dieter Heuer, director general of The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland who delivered a lecture at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP) on Friday.
It's possible that the Higgs particles, which will conclusively prove the Big Bang theory, have already been generated at the Large Hedron Collider (LHC) at CERN which is hosting the experiment, said Heuer. But they were yet to be identified through detectors in the 27-km-long underground tunnel where scores of Indian scientists have been working for the last two years, ever since the experiment started. "If it isn't detected, then we shall have to revise the standard model that has always pointed at the Big Bang. It will be a huge discovery as well, for then, we shall have to exclude Big Bang and explore other theories. So, we are keeping our fingers crossed," said Heuer.
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