Higgs boson
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Higgs boson (plural Higgs bosons)
(physics) An elementary particle in the Standard Model, namely a boson with zero spin, that gives mass to other particles.
Synonyms: (informal) God particle, Higgs particle
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Because the Higgs boson is a very massive particle and also decays almost immediately when created, only a very high-energy particle accelerator can observe and record it.
As the Higgs boson is massive, it must interact with itself.
Experiments to confirm and determine the nature of the Higgs boson using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN began in early 2010, and were performed at Fermilab 's Tevatron until its closure in late 2011.
Higgs boson main Although the weak and electromagnetic forces appear quite different to us at everyday energies, the two forces are theorized to unify as a single electroweak force at high energies.
If one insists on using only Standard Model particles, this can be achieved by adding a non-renormalizable interaction of leptons with the Higgs boson.
In particular, the Higgs boson explains why the photon has no mass, while the W and Z bosons are very heavy.