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What are “ Higgs boson” particals?
« on: 02/11/2020 00:04:48 »
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I want to know what the higgs boson particle is. I get the idea of it but I want to find out more.
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Re: What are “ Higgs boson” particals?
« Reply #1 on: 02/11/2020 01:53:23 »
There should be plenty of information about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson

The interaction between the Higgs particle and other fundamental particles is responsible for giving them their rest mass. The Higgs also interacts with other Higgs in order to give them their own rest mass. Not all mass comes from the Higgs, however. Photons technically have a mass associated with their kinetic energy even though the Higgs does not interact with them.
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Re: What are “ Higgs boson” particals?
« Reply #2 on: 02/11/2020 02:13:48 »
Essentially, the Higgs quantum field is a significant ingredient in the standard model of physics, a field which is responsible for mass, and all fields in QM have a particle associated with them. Hence the Higgs boson.

Yes, photons have mass, but not proper mass, and the Higgs boson gives proper mass (inertia) to things, which is part of what makes it take force to accelerate something.
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« Reply #3 on: 02/11/2020 06:19:18 »
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