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Eyes on a prize particle

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The search for the Higgs boson could soon prove successful. Although the particle bears the name of a single physicist, many more were involved in devising the theory behind it — so which of them should share a potential Nobel Prize?

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Figure 1: An effective potential, V(ϕ), in the form of a 'Mexican hat' leads to spontaneous symmetry breaking.

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  1. Luis Álvarez-Gaumé and John Ellis are in the Theory Division, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland;,

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