Discovery of the Higgs vs the discovery of the atom







Q: And that’s why it’s so important?


Q: Why is it sometimes called the God particle?


Q: How was the particle observed?


Q: How definite are the results?


Q: What comes after the Higgs?


Q: Does the Higgs have a technological application?


Q: To wrap up; an exciting discovery?


There is a good summary of today’s result in the Guardian here


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12 responses to “Discovery of the Higgs vs the discovery of the atom

  1. Clearer than any other explanation I’ve heard, Cormac.

  2. sharath T C

    how does higgs particle gets there mass?
    if it decays in millionth of billionth of billionth of a second then, how it is stable inside the nucleus?

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  4. sharath T C

    and another thing the particle “boson”is named after “sathyendra nath bose”

  5. cormac

    Sharath; Yes, all bosons are named after Prof Bose, richly deserved.
    It doesn’t live in the nucleus, it is a shortlived particle associated with the Higgs field, just as the photon is associated with the electric field

    • sharath T C

      thank u,
      u mean hole universe floating in higgs field?
      what about the 1st question.

  6. cormac

    Hi Sharath, yes, we think the ‘ordinary’ particles of matter (fermions) float in a Higgs field, and it is their different interactions with the field that gives them their different masses.
    The Higgs boson is simple a manifestation of the field; it is a kind of ‘messsenger’ particle that also receives its mass from the field, a bit like the photon but with mass

  7. shmith

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