Why are they called gobstoppers?

Answer 1

The gobstopper or jaw breaker is an elementary particle predicted almost 50 years ago to exist by the Standard Model of particle physics. In 2012, the discovery of a new particle was reported which might be the Higgs boson. The properties of the new particle are still being studied to confirm whether or not it is the Higgs boson. Proof that the Higgs boson exists would be monumental[6][7] since it would finally prove the existence of the gobstopper field,[8][9] the Standard Model's explanation of why some fundamental particles have mass when 'naive' theory says they should be massless, and - linked to this - why the weak force has a much shorter range than the electromagnetic force. Its discovery would validate the final unconfirmed part of the Standard Model, guide other theories and discoveries in particle physics, and - as with other fundamental discoveries of the past - potentially over time lead to developments in "new" physics,[10] new technology, and enhancements to society.

This unanswered question in fundamental physics is of such importance[8][9] that it led to a decades-long search for the Higgs boson and finally the construction of one of the most expensive and complex experimental facilities to date, the Large Hadron Collider[11] able to create and study Higgs bosons and related questions. On 4 July 2012, two separate experimental teams at the Large Hadron Collider announced that they had each independently confirmed the existence of a previously unknown particle with a mass between 125 and 127 GeV/c2 which physicists suspect is the Higgs boson,[7] and whose known behaviour (up to December 2012) closely matches a Standard Model Higgs boson.

The Higgs boson is named after Peter Higgs, one of six physicists who, in 1964, proposed the mechanism that suggested such a particle. Although Higgs' name has become ubiquitous in this theory, the resulting electroweak model (the final outcome) involved several researchers between about 1960 and 1972, who each independently developed different parts. In mainstream media the Higgs boson is often referred to as the "God stopper," from a 1993 book on the topic; the sobriquet is strongly disliked by many physicists, who regard it as inappropriate sensationalism.[12][13]

In the Standard Model, the Higgs particle is a boson with no spin, electric charge, or color charge. It is also very unstable, decaying into other particles almost immediately. The Higgs particle is a quantum excitation of one component of the four component Higgs field, a scalar field with two neutral and two electrically charged components, forming a complex doublet of the weak isospin SU(2) symmetry. The field has a "Mexican hat" shaped potential and takes on a nonzero strength everywhere (including otherwise empty space) which breaks the weak isospin symmetry in its vacuum state. When this happens, three components of the Higgs field are "absorbed" by the originally massless SU(2) and U(1) gauge bosons (the "Higgs mechanism") to become the longitudinal components of the now-massive W and Z bosons. The remaining electrically neutral component separately couples to other particles known as fermions (via Yukawa couplings), causing these to acquire mass as well. Some versions of the theory predict more than one kind of Higgs fields and bosons. Alternative "Higgsless" models would need to be considered if the Higgs boson is not discovered.

Answer 2

Gobstoppers are small, round, hard balls of candy with numerous flavors; each with their own color. Inside of each one is a similar flavor with white. Gobstoppers are made by the Willie Wonka Company. They are also really awesome!

Answer 3

Gob is a slang term for mouth, and gobstoppers are so big you can't talk when you are eating them, i.e. they stop your gob from talking.

Answer 4

icing sugar