Standard model Higgs boson searches through the 125 GeV boson discovery

Searches for the standard model Higgs boson are reviewed from the 2 TeV run of the Tevatron with ≃ 10 fb −1 of recorded data, and from the 7 and 8 TeV runs of the LHC, with ≃ 5 and ≃ 6 fb −1 , respectively, i.e., until the July-2012 discovery of a new particle by the LHC experiments. The CMS and ATLAS Collaborations observe independently a new boson with mass ≃ 125 GeV, mainly through its bosonic decays in γγ, ZZ, and W + W − , consistent with the standard model Higgs boson. The CDF and D0 experiments combine their results to see evidence of a similar particle produced