LHC experiments see first evidence of a rare Higgs boson decay

Re:LHC experiments see first evidence of a rare Higgs boson ... by jasonwatkinspdx on Monday May 29, 2023 @08:42PM (#36119885)

There's limits to analogies but take a look at a soliton in a wave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=909o_kbCdFg

Solitons are self re-enforcing wave packets in some medium, where the dispersive effects get canceled out. I like to think of field quanta as being similar at a very high handwavy level. Of course the trick with quanta is only certain energy levels are allowed.

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Re:LHC experiments see first evidence of a rare Higgs boson ... by jasonwatkinspdx on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @06:23AM (#36123191)

Err I meant in a pool but can't edit now doh.

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Re:LHC experiments see first evidence of a rare Higgs boson ... by junon on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @08:45AM (#36124168)

I'm not a physics person at all, just wanted to say that's a super cool video and a really neat explanation. Thanks!

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