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George Alverson
Associate Professor of Experimental Particle Physics
617.373.2938
Expertise
data acquisition, experimental particle physics, Higgs boson, high-speed electronics, Monte Carlo simulation, three dimensional visualization of high energy events

George Alverson for Northeastern Global News

Interior view of the ATLAS detector at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, showing intricate machinery and scaffolding inside the underground facility.

Northeastern physicists honored with Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for unveiling secrets of the universe

Northeastern researchers honored for their role in exploring the building blocks of the universe at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider.

Particle physics goes public

Northeastern is part of an international consortium working to make all data from the field of high-energy particle physics available to the public.

A pivotal moment for particle physics

Northeastern physics professor Emanuela Barberis examines the meaning of the discovery of the Higgs boson, the so-called “God particle.”

3Qs: Searching for the “Holy Grail” of physics

Researchers at CERN, the European Center for Nuclear Research, reported this week they are getting closer to discovering the Higgs boson, a subatomic particle that scientists believe will explain why everything in the universe has mass. The Higgs boson is considered to be the “Holy Grail” of particle physics, and finding it would be a great scientific advancement. We asked Emanuela Barberis, associate professor of physics, to explain the Higgs boson and what its discovery would mean to the world’s scientific community.