English

Noun

God particle ‎(countable and uncountable, plural God particles)

1. (informal) The Higgs boson.
   • 1998, Phillip E. Johnson, Reason in the Balance: The Case Against Naturalism in Science, Law & Education, ISBN 9780830819294, page 229:

     Among other fascinating insights, Penrose explains that the God particle was originally proposed by Peter Higgs as "an ingenious theoretical device, and not necessarily appearing as an actual particle. As a device, it allowed other particles to acquire mass, […] ."

   • 2008, “National Geographic”, in (Please provide the title of the work), volume 213, page 101:

     The first thing you learn when you ask scientists about the God particle is that it′s bad form to call it that.

   • 2010, Mu Soeng, The Heart of the Universe: Exploring the Heart Sutra, ISBN 9780861715749, page 40:

     To his contemporaries, his desperation seemed like a search for the "God particle," something seen as daft, even obstructionist.