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The mass of the Higgs boson is sometimes given in Gev (which looks gigaelectronvolts, a unit of energy, but in this case, it's not.)
Physicists are using the equation e=mc2, to relate the energy to the mass. The real units they are using are GeV/c2, but the c2 is sometimes left off as a kind of shorthand.
Physicists use this unit because the mass of the Higgs boson is very, very small. Units of GeV/c2, make numbers easier to work with.
The mass of the Higgs boson is determined to be about 125 GeV/c2, which is equal to about 2.24x10-22 grams. It is much easier to work with (and understand) a number like 125 than a number like 2.24x10-22.
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What gives Higgs boson its mass?
The "Higgs Field".
What percentage of an atom's mass is caused by the Higgs boson?
About 2% of an atom's mass is caused by the Higgs boson. The rest is due to the effect of the Strong Nuclear Force.
How the higgs boson got its name?
It is a boson, a type of particle, that is a part of the Higgs mechanism, a theory of how particles can have mass if they are just energy
Has the Higgs boson been found yet?
We are not sure if the theorized Higgs boson is real or not. If it is, it would be provide some support to ideas about what mass (and, therefore, gravity, which is associated mass) really is. We're still looking for experimental support that the Higgs boson is real, and now that the Large Hadron Collider is up and running, all (interested) eyes are on CERN and awaiting results.
Why defined the mass of electron?
by a particle called higgs boson
What subatomic particle causes mass?
*IF* the Higgs Field gives an explanation for why some particles have mass and others don't, and *IF* the Higgs Boson is a part of this field; then the discovery of the Higgs Boson would be a major breakthrough in supporting the Higgs Field, and thus the continued use of "The Standard Model." If it is NOT found, then scientists are almsot back to the drawing board. Because of these facts, the Higgs Boson is called, completely erroneously, the particle that creates mass or (worse) the "God Particle." Even the person who first used that term to describe the Higgs Boson hates the use of it. As of this week, scientists at CERN predict that the existence of the Higgs Boson will be known within a year.
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.
What is boson particle?
The boson particle is usually associated with the Higgs field. It is an energy field that transmits the mass to the things that travel through it.
How much heat energy is created by higs boson?
Not much is known yet about the Higgs Boson. The recently announced particle, which might be the Higgs boson, has a mass of about 125 GeV/c2; if you like, you can convert that to joules, to get the total energy. I assume that when such a particle decays, much of its mass will be converted to energy.
What is the most common decay channel for the Higgs boson?
If the Standard Model is correct -- and the search for the Higgs was (basically) a test of the correctness of the Standard Model -- then a Higgs Boson of mass 126 GeV would decay into a bottom-antibottom quark pair about 56% of the time.
What is the Higgs boson accelerator?
It isn't. The Large Hadron Collider is a proton-accelerator & collider designed to investigate the most fundamental sub-atomic particles and forces, and to try to prove or disprove the existence & properties of the hypothesised Higgs Boson, though to be responsible for mass.
What is Bosons?
The boson particle is usually associated with the Higgs field. It is an energy field that transmits the mass to the things that travel through it.
