Did you not listen to the rap?
Okay, my understanding of quantum physics is a line over there in the distance, but I am trying.
The key is that the universe is odd. Matter and energy are related, they are interchangeable, like one can become the other and back again.
The Higgs boson is what governs matter being matter. Matter is like energy condensed and Higgs as something to do with that.
Right got that? Cos I don't think I do really. But let's keep going.
In understanding the universe and why it behaves in the way it does, why particles do what they do and so on. You can imagine it like a jigsaw being worked on. And lots of pieces are understood and fall into place, matter has antimatter and things are tested and it all fits. But there is a gap in the jigsaw. Its like you know its shape and can guess what it looks like how it'll fit, but you can't see it. The higg's boson particles are that.
They are inferred and the LHC might be able to detect them, actually 'see' them. If it can then it vindicates the standard model of understanding. Which in turn explains how matter exists as matter and not energy.
I think.
Maybe.
But FFS particle physics is soo hard and I haven't even attempted to think about the different particle families because my head hurts.
Lookit Understanding the way things work is good and useful. We understood electrons and electricty and wayhey we were off! I don't know how the experiment will help in the long term but I think it will.