Higgs Definition and 674 Threads

I'm wondering about the higgs boson, or "god particle". If it is said that it turned energy into matter, that has to be false, because it is matter itself. :cool:

Brian Greene in "The Fabric of the Cosmos" gives the above three as indirect, universal fields in which we exist but have not yet directly detected. Could they be mathematically interlinked among themselves or with immediately observable phenomena?

If the higgs field is responsible for giving particles their mass, isn't it then the higgs field that is responsible for the effects of GR? Is this assesment true and, if so, does it have any implecations? Could the higgs field (which has been described as an ether) and spacetime be in some way...

Ive started to hear a lot about this 'higgs' particle recently. Any chance sum1 can explain to me what the particle is/does/comes from etc?? any help would be great. also what are the implications of its existence?? :confused:

Higgs hypothesized that mass derives from the coupling constant of various particles with the Higgs Boson, a spin zero boson, which would itself have mass, which does not couple with the photon. Thus, inertial mass derives from particles in motion needed to overcome Higgs Bosons grabbing at...

hi, i'm reading brian greene's "the fabric of the cosmos" and in it he explains what a higgs field is. he says the potential energy of the field is shaped like a bowl with a raised peak at the center of the bowl. further he says the vertical height above the bottom of the bowl represents...

In recent experiment about higgs boson, scientists use niobium. Why did they choose it then? Could the reason be the easiness of picking [or something like that, i don't know the exact word for it (:] electron?

If the Higgs theory is correct shouldn't it be able to predict the rest masses of all particles?

In which of the String theory does the Higgs-'particle-force', dwell?

What is the estimate of the gravitron size and can someone explain why it must be spin 2 also what is the higgs boson it is expected to be massive, electrically neutral, and spinless. why. Cheers Woody

The Higgs particle may never be found - Stephen Hawking doubts that it exists. If mass isn't due to the Higgs, could it be caused by electromagnetism? For example, if protons and electrons experience resistance to a change in their speeds from charged particles in the space around them,could a...

Do black holes emit Higgs particles in the Hawking radiation, as particles on their own, in addition to the Higgs particles associated with the mass of other particles such as electrons, which are emitted in the Hawking radiation?

Are Higgs particles all the same mass? Does a proton have more Higgs particles associated with its rest mass than an electron has associated with its rest mass? And does the mass of all Higgs particles equal the total rest mass of the universe? Do Higgs particles have short lifetimes like...

Are Higgs particles all the same mass? Does a proton have more Higgs particles associated with its rest mass than an electron has associated with its rest mass? And does the mass of all Higgs particles equal the total rest mass of the universe? Do Higgs particles have short lifetimes like...

My friend is wondering if its possible to use the energy of a higgs boson to use in a turbine generator. Is that possible?

Are there any other mechanisms apart from Higgs mechanism that explains the spontaneous symmetry breaking making photon massless and W and Z bosons massive? Do you really believe in the Higgs mechanism?

What is the difference between a scalar field and a vector field? If I had a point mass with vectors pointing in all directions from its surface the field of the mass could be said to have a magnitude and direction in all directions.I could call this a scalar because it is different from a...

Hi, I don't really know much about string theory, but I was wondering whether the discovery of the Higgs boson would back up string theory, or contradict it? Thanks.

Hi, I have a puzzle about the hierarchy problem of higgs mass. I don't understand why delta m is much larger than m. If we use MS bar scheme, the huge correction can be simply dropped and the higgs mass only get a small correction. You can also view the SM as an effecive field theory. In this...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3546973.stm

Cern's Accelerator and Brookhaven's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider labs are now capable of generating and detecting the Higgs Boson resonance. The nuclear reaction is as follows: Pu244(39 Tev) + Au197 -> CMS(39 Tev) -> H115.6 GeV(1 Tev) + E Ecms = (160 GeV/nucleon)* 244 nucleons = 39 Tev...

What is a Higgs Particle?

I'm interested in information about the Higgs Field and Boson but am having trouble finding information about it. Anyone have some good sources? Looked through the book "The God Particle". It's supposed to be about the Higgs particle but only has really one page in the whole book about it...

one theory is that the "higgs" particle gives matter mass one theory is that the "higgs" particle gives matter mass ,if so does it follow that gravity only interacts with the higgs particle?