Physicists from Spain believe that graphene could provide some key insights into the behavior of the Higgs boson. They say that when you compress graphene, it ripples - and this is similar to the symmetry breaking that happened in a blink after the Big Bang. Basically, when graphene responds to being stretched or compressed, the result is similar to what happens when the Higgs field condenses, breaking the symmetry of the universe.
The physicists say that studying the ripple effect could give hints about the Higgs field and the Higgs boson.
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Posted: Feb 08,2011 by Ron Mertens