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An understandable explanation please.
luckis11 said:An understandable explanation please.
luckis11 said:I am not going to read all this because I know it is wrong,
luckis11 said:You mean a brief explanation is impossible? Anyway, then a simpler question: How much is its mass supposed to be?
czelaya said:Malawi Glenn, I would like some insight into the answer sir- if it's appropriate or possible for this thread.
I have taken only two semesters of graduate Quantum Theory (Shankar) with some exposure to the Diraq equation. I have a novice understanding of group theory (point groups with some limited exposure to SU(N) and SO(N)). Consequently, I'm a physical/theoretical chemist and have not had the exposure or the privilege of learning the esoteric science of Quantum Field Theory. However, I have taken most of the fundamental undergraduate courses in physics such as Quantum Mechanics, Classical Mechanics, Mathematical Methods, and so forth.
luckis11 said:I meant with a few words of your own understanding. I am not going to read all this because I know it is wrong, but don't ask me how I know this, I will not tell you here.
nicksauce said:Yeah you shouldn't tell us here, you should go tell the Nobel committee and claim your prize.
czelaya said:Malawi Glenn, I would like some insight into the answer sir- if it's appropriate or possible for this thread.
I have taken only two semesters of graduate Quantum Theory (Shankar) with some exposure to the Diraq equation. I have a novice understanding of group theory (point groups with some limited exposure to SU(N) and SO(N)). Consequently, I'm a physical/theoretical chemist and have not had the exposure or the privilege of learning the esoteric science of Quantum Field Theory. However, I have taken most of the fundamental undergraduate courses in physics such as Quantum Mechanics, Classical Mechanics, Mathematical Methods, and so forth.
Hes from the future.. case settledVanadium 50 said:Which means "Please type an answer that I promise I won't bother to read".
I agree...this is a weird attitude.
d0wnl0w said:Hes from the future.. case settled
Max™ said:Pondering if you could change those values, or enter a region with changed values is useful as a sci-fi device, but still not particularly valid to reality because obviously those values don't seem to change within the limits of our experiments.
Who made that suggestion? Certainly not I. All I wanted to convey was that the masses of even fundamental particles are important for nature to behave the way that we see it behave, even in our everyday lives. I was responding to the claim that the kind of mass for which the Higgs mechanism is responsible is not important in our everyday lives, and not meaningful or important for the average Joe Layman. It is quite the contrary.Max™ said:Pondering if you could change those values, or enter a region with changed values ...
I completely disagree with this description. The heaviness of the weak bosons is what makes the weak force weak, not strong, because it introduces a mass supression in the effective fourpoint vertex that greatly outways the invariant mass of a typical initial state (e.g., a neutron, or a proton capturing an electron).Max™ said:Weak Bosons being heavy says there is a lot of interaction between the bodies involved during weak processes. Like bending a stick between your hands, there is a lot of interaction between your hands through the stick, ...
The Higgs particle, also known as the Higgs boson, is a subatomic particle that was predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics. It is responsible for giving other particles their mass.
The Higgs particle interacts with the Higgs field, which is a field that permeates all of space. As particles move through this field, they experience resistance, which gives them mass.
The Higgs particle is important because it helps explain one of the fundamental questions in physics: why particles have mass. Without the Higgs particle, the Standard Model would not be able to accurately describe the behavior of particles.
The Higgs particle was discovered in 2012 by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. The LHC is a particle accelerator that smashes protons together at high speeds, allowing scientists to observe the particles and energies that are produced.
No, the Higgs particle cannot be observed directly as it has a very short lifespan and decays immediately after being produced. However, scientists can observe the particles that it decays into, which provides evidence for its existence.