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If the Higgs Boson is what lends mass to protons, neutrons and so on, where does the Boson itself get it's mass? What are the sub-atomic particles made up of? What is the Boson made up of?
gpt
The Higgs boson is not actually what gives elementary particles mass, but the Higgs field. Massive elementary particles couple to this field and as a result gain mass. The Higgs boson is an excitation of this field, and it couples to this field to receive mass. Also, most of the mass of protons, neutrons, and composite particles of quarks comes from the binding energy between the quarks, not from the mass of the quarks.