Standard model Higgs boson explained

Posted by beghbali on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @05:57PM
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Re:Standard model Higgs boson explained by seriocomic on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @07:21PM (#4201111)

Wanted this so much to make sense to a layman. Has anyone found a resource that doesn't require a Phd?

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Re:Standard model Higgs boson explained by ck2 on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @07:28PM (#4201130)

In a sentence, the Higgs boson is how matter attains mass.

None of the other sub-particles could explain mass until this was proven to exist.

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Re:Standard model Higgs boson explained by Leftium on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @09:55PM (#4201445)

I found these helpful:

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Re:Standard model Higgs boson explained by seriocomic on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @11:03PM (#4201599)

Thanks the first two I had seen and my eyes glazed over. The third one helped...

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Re:Standard model Higgs boson explained by gregbair on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @08:03PM (#4201217)

Yeah, this doesn't really help.

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