Re:Data hint at 'five God particles'
by sp332 on Tuesday June 15, 2010 @09:44AM
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FTA: > The Standard Model only has one Higgs "doublet". Although we tend to think of the Higgs boson as one particle, it actually comes in a package of four, explained Dr Martin.
> "In the Standard Model, you only see one of them because the other three are absorbed into [other parts of the scheme] such as the W and the Z bosons. There's only one left," he told BBC News.
> "So if you want to add another Higgs doublet - you actually have to add four more particles."
> "In the Standard Model, you only see one of them because the other three are absorbed into [other parts of the scheme] such as the W and the Z bosons. There's only one left," he told BBC News.
> "So if you want to add another Higgs doublet - you actually have to add four more particles."