Finding and verifying the Higgs particle would mean a major leap forward for string theory . It would give greater credence to ideas positing additional dimensions. The higher mathematics of cosmology needs such fields. The assumptions of infinities being resolved as additional dimensions will allow physics to simplify the mathematics of cosmology and string theory.
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