The Software behind the Higgs Boson Discovery

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David Rousseau

Published: 01 Jan 2012, Last Modified: 15 May 2025IEEE Softw. 2012EveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY-SA 4.0
Abstract: In this column, David Rousseau describes the enormous software development effort associated with teasing out evidence for the elusive Higgs boson, a cornerstone of the Standard Model. In keeping with previous Impact columns, everything about this is huge but the application is unique.