Literary Calligraphy Four Leptons Higgs Boson Quantum Physics Series Art Print by Susan Loy

Susan Loy received permission from CERN, the world’s largest particle physics laboratory, to use Atlas photographs of Higgs Boson candidate events as models for her Higgs Boson Series. “Four Leptons” is her watercolor drawing of Event 12611816, Run 205113, recorded on June 18, 2012, H-> 2e2mu. Higgs bosons decay almost immediately into pairs of less massive particles such as leptons. Leptons are elementary particles that obtain mass through interactions with the Higgs field; there are six types of leptons, including electrons and muons. Loy’s drawing shows a zoom into the central part of the collider’s tracking detector. The four leptons are two muon tracks colored red and two electron tracks and clusters colored green; other tracks and deposits of energy are colored yellow. Loy’s composition is a study in symmetry, an important tool in theoretical physics. Loy used several symmetry operations in her composition, including translation, rotation, reflection, and glide reflection. Dorsiventrality (left and right sides that mirror each other, a front and a back, and often a distinct top and bottom) is the abiding symmetry of the animal kingdom and is also common in the plant world. Loy chose The European tree frog, Hyla arborea, as an example of dorsiventrality and as a representative for all species, “one for all, all for one.” In literature, palindromes read the same backward or forward and are another example of symmetry. “All for one, one for all” or the inverse “One for all, all for one,” is an example of a word palindrome with all seven words elegantly matched up in three-letter lengths. Signed and numbered prints produced from Susan Loy’s original watercolor includes bio and information sheet inserted with acid-free mat board into a clear plastic envelope. Print Image Size: 6" x 6" Print Paper Size: 10" x 10"