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If the Higs Boson is responsible for the mass of other particles why does it have mass itself?
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Theoretical massless particle?
== == The Higgs Boson is another theoretical particle thought to be responsible for the presence of mass in other particles that have mass. I believe the Higgs Boson is theorized to be itself massless. there are 3 known massless particles: the gauge boson, the photon, and the gluon ( the gluon isn't necessarily categorized as a free particle due to the fact that they are confined to hadrons) neutrinos were also, until recently, were thought to be massless. however, they were discovered to change flavor, which means that they must have mass.
What is concept of higgs boson?
an extremely massive boson particle, the properties of which impose the masses of all other particles in some versions of supersymmetry theory.
Can god fit in scientific story of higgs boson?
The Higgs Boson is called the "God" particle because it would help explain on of physics biggest mysteries: how gravity works. Can both God and the Higgs Boson exist? Yes, if God exists, then he could have created the Higgs Boson, like he created other particles.
What is a higgs bosson?
A Higgs Boson is a particle that is hypothesised to give other particles their mass. All fields have gauge particles, or bosons, for example, the electromagnetic field's boson is the photon. Peter Higgs' theory was that all particles that have mass are interacting with a sea of Higgs particles, and it was this interaction that gave these particles their mass. The Large Hadron Collider at CERN recently discovered a Higgs-like particle at a mass of around 125 Gigaelectronvolts.
Is a quark the same as an energy level?
No, Higgs Boson is a theoretical particle yet to be observed directly or indirectly by humans. Quarks on the other hand have been observed directly and indirectly. Also, the Higgs boson is responsible for a field, however quarks are responsible for matter, and are the basic constituents of the nuclei in atoms.
How can finding involving such minute particles of matter reveal anything about the universe as a whole?
In a very simple sense, scientists like to believe that the universe if "symmetrical". That is, there should be equal amounts of matter and anti-matter. However, there is obviously more matter than anti-matter in the universe, and Scientists believe that the answer to why this apparent "asymmetry" exists lies in particle physics. I would recommend reading the book "Supersymmetry : Unveiling the Ultimate Laws of Nature" by Gordon Kane for further explanation. Other reasons why the study of small particles will help us understand the universe is that there are predicted particles, such as the Higg's Boson, which could explain the properties of the Universe itself. In this case, it is believed that the mass of all particles arise from the interaction with the Higg's Boson. All these things are explained in this book.
What are the tree subatomic particles of an atom?
In the nucleus are located protons and neutrons. Orbiting the nuceuls are "shells" of electrons. There are actually various other, hypothetical, sub-atomic particles, including gluons (believed to hold neturons and protons together) and the as yet elusive Higgs-Boson particle (thought to give atoms their mass).
What are microbeads?
Microbeads are polymer particles that separate other things. These are responsible for separating materials such as cells, proteins, and nucleic acids.
What is the mass of a boson?
Because the boson is thought of as a force carrier and not matter, it doesn't have chemical potential. A link can be found below.Actually, this is true only when their number is not conserved... the spin of the boson is m=(+or-)1,2,3,... any integer.So the chemical potential is zero only for particles who are not conserved (photon...)Otherwise, it may be huge... and quite often negative... as in the classical limit, when the number of accessible state tend to be considerable, the chemical potential will tend toward negative infinity.
Is dark matter and God Particle the same?
They have absolutely nothing to do with each other. Dark matter is that "something out there" that interacts with baryonic matter (ie, that small amount of our Universe we understand) via gravity but not in any other way. We don't have a good idea of what this stuff IS, but we're working on it. The Higgs Boson (its nickname as the "God Particle" being one of the silliest names for anything in science, ever) is a particle predicted by the (hypothetical) existence of the Higgs Field. If Peter Higgs (and others) was right in explaining why some particles have mass and other particles don't, then the Higgs Boson should exist for about 10^-14 seconds, given the right conditions. When a particles that almost certainly were Higgs were found last year, it was big boost for the correctness of the Higgs Field.
Have scientists learned everything about particles?
No. The most famous particle yet to be discovered is the Higgs boson, which it is hoped the new CERN cyclotron will knock out. The US might have had the honor had it not decided to cancel its own Superconducting Super Collider. There are likely other particles as yet waiting to be found. The book on quantum mechanics has many chapters yet to be added.
Are quarks fiction?
No, they are now solid fact. Quarks are the fundamental particles which make up the protons and neutons of everything around us, as well as some other crazy particles such as the Higgs boson. There are some bosons (things made up of quarks) which are merely theoretical; we know they muct exist but have not yet found one, but quarks are definitely NOT fictional
