Understanding the Higgs Mechanism: W & Z Boson Mass & Particle Mass

[kashiark]

I need help understanding the Higgs mechanism: what is the Higgs condensate, what is the Higgs boson, why do only the W and Z bosons have mass, and how exactly do particles receive mass? thanks guys!

 

[malawi_glenn]

http://www.fys.uio.no/forskning/drgrad/forskerskoler/irtg/Eigen/SM-3.pdf

http://indico.cern.ch/materialDisplay.py?materialId=slides&confId=34702

http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/0705/0705.4264v1.pdf

use google, and then ask more specific questions.