Higgs boson: Why is this particle so significant?

Professor Jim Al-Khalili

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3 July 2012 Last updated at 15:56 ET Help

Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to the BBC's Pallab Ghosh about what the Higgs boson is and why confirming its existence is so important for physicists.

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