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What is Professor Susskind talking about when he refers to the Ziggs boson? Is ziggs simply a Z boson with the weak hypercharge or something else?
Sussan
Sussan
I think he was discussing a toy model, as a warmup, in which the only symmetry is U(1) and the only gauge boson the Z. Then the Higgs-like particle that breaks the symmetry in this model he calls the Ziggs.Sussan said:What is Professor Susskind talking about when he refers to the Ziggs boson? Is ziggs simply a Z boson with the weak hypercharge or something else?
Bill_K said:I think he was discussing a toy model, as a warmup, in which the only symmetry is U(1) and the only gauge boson the Z. Then the Higgs-like particle that breaks the symmetry in this model he calls the Ziggs.
Bill_K said:I think he was discussing a toy model, as a warmup, in which the only symmetry is U(1) and the only gauge boson the Z. Then the Higgs-like particle that breaks the symmetry in this model he calls the Ziggs.
samalkhaiat said:I know of no "Ziggs" in particle physics. The man tries to be "funny" some times and so he "invents" names. Was he by any chance talking about spontaneous symmetry breaking? If he was, then he means the Higgs boson.
Sam
Like I said above:Haelfix said:What he is presenting is a simplified picture of a more complicated story, although he makes this distinction to emphasize that there is in fact such a story.
It is important to note that this is not the Higgs boson or the Z boson.
Bill_K said:I think he was discussing a toy model, as a warmup, in which the only symmetry is U(1) and the only gauge boson the Z. Then the Higgs-like particle that breaks the symmetry in this model he calls the Ziggs.
Yep, I think you got that exactly right. This "ziggs" is needed to mediate emission and absorption of zilch. As LS explains at t=52:50, this emission and absorption of quanta of weak hypercharge (zilch) is the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism. This is what they gave the 2013 Nobel/Physics for.Sussan said:What is Professor Susskind talking about when he refers to the Ziggs boson? Is ziggs simply a Z boson with the weak hypercharge or something else?
The Ziggs Boson, also known as the Higgs Boson, is a subatomic particle that is believed to give other particles their mass. It was first theorized in the 1960s and was finally discovered in 2012 at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Switzerland.
The Ziggs Boson was discovered through experiments at the LHC. Scientists collided particles at high speeds and observed the resulting debris to look for signs of the Ziggs Boson. The data gathered from these experiments confirmed the existence of the particle.
The Ziggs Boson is important because it helps to explain how particles acquire mass. It is a key component of the Standard Model of particle physics, which is the current theory that describes the fundamental particles and forces in the universe.
Studying the Ziggs Boson can help us better understand the fundamental forces and building blocks of the universe. It can also lead to advancements in technology and energy production. Additionally, it can help us answer fundamental questions about the origins of the universe.
There are several other particles that are similar to the Ziggs Boson, such as the W and Z bosons. These particles are also involved in giving other particles their mass and are part of the Standard Model. However, the Ziggs Boson is unique in that it is the only scalar boson in the Standard Model, meaning it has no spin.