Physicists have announced they're now testing a new theoretical model that might prove the "God particle," or the Higgs boson particle, can be disintegrated into particles of dark matter.

This new model deviates from the Standard Model of Physics and was proposed by Christopher Petersson from the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. If proven, it might fill in some gaps in the standard theory first conceived during the 1970s.

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When the Higgs boson was discovered in 2011 at the CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) particle physics lab in Geneva, Switzerland, the Standard Model was finally considered complete. Particle physicists, however, acknowledge this theory still doesn't explain the entirety of dark matter and why dark matter makes up the mass of the universe.

Now, Petersson and his team are proposing a new particle model that uses a theoretical contstruct called supersymmetry as its basic principle.

This model relates different elementary particles not found in the Standard Model, including dark matter. The new theory suggests the Higgs boson itself could be a source of energy for dark matter by destroying a light particle called a photon along with a particle of dark matter.

This theory may soon become a reality as two teams are now running experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider to search for evidence of Petersson's distinct qualities found in the Higgs boson.

Petersson is ecstatic, saying this is indeed a dream for a theorist to test particles since the LHC is the only place in the world where the model can be tested. Two independent experiments are already going on to prove that.

These two teams called Atlas and CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) have already worked on the original Higgs discovery.

Researchers are now conducting preparations to start the new experiments since the amount of data consolidated from past studies has been insufficient in determining the success of Petersson's model.

According to CMS researcher Zeynap Demiragli, the experiments are now in full swing. Petersson's job has been a very important one, he adds.

The LHC was shut down for two years for important technical and equipment upgrades to boost its energy capability. Now, it will be operational at higher energies that can hopefully generate new and ample data to evaluate Petersson's model.

Demiragli adds if this model is found fit, it will completely change the understanding of the fundamental building blocks of life and if not, it will prove that testing any kind of model at the LHC is still just as effective.

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