In case some may not know, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a particle accelerator and collider located at CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland. The LHC is expected to become the world’s largest and highest energy particle accelerator. The LHC is being funded and was built in collaboration with over two thousand physicists from thirty-four countries, universities and laboratories.
When activated, it is hoped that the collider will produce the elusive Higgs Boson particle — often dubbed the God Particle — the observation of which could confirm the predictions and ‘missing links’ in the Standard Model of physics, and explain how other elementary particles acquire properties such as mass. The verification of the existence of the Higgs Boson would be a significant step in the search for a Grand Unified Theory which seeks to unify the four fundamental forces: Electromagnetism, Strong Force, Weak Force, and Gravity. The Higgs Boson may help to explain why gravity is comparatively weak when contrasted with the other three fundamental forces.