Special Feature

Higgs Boson: The Cosmic Glyph

Physics 15, 99
To mark the 10th anniversary of the discovery of the Higgs boson, the poet Amy Catanzano celebrates the Higgs in verse.

This poem is part of a series of pieces that Physics Magazine is publishing to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Higgs boson discovery. See also: Research News: A Particle is Born: Making the Higgs Famous; News Feature: The Era of Higgs Physics; Q&A: The Higgs Boson: A Theory, An Observation, A Tool; Podcast: The Higgs, Ten Years After; and Collection: The History of Observations of the Higgs Boson.

A. Catanzano

Amy Catanzano is a professor and the poet-in-residence at Wake Forest University, North Carolina.


Recent Articles

The Standard Cosmology Model May Be Breaking
Astrophysics

The Standard Cosmology Model May Be Breaking

Measurements of millions of galaxies suggest that dark energy changes over time and is more complicated than previously thought. Read More »

Artificial Intelligence Makes the Grade
Interdisciplinary Physics

Artificial Intelligence Makes the Grade

Language models such as ChatGPT could help university educators provide more consistent and transparent grades for introductory-level physics exams. Read More »

Exploding Proteins to Classify Them
Biological Physics

Exploding Proteins to Classify Them

An intense x-ray pulse from a free-electron laser sends a protein’s atoms flying off in directions that reveal the protein’s structure. Read More »

More Articles