Large Hadron Collider

Radiation said:
In exactly what way does this higgs boson give mass?

I find the idea of a particle that gives mass the same as a particle that gives mavity (a graviton), a bit unlikely and hard to accept tbh.
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The particle doesn't give mass, the particle is merely the quantum for the Higgs Field. It's the field that gives mass :)
 
Radiation said:
In exactly what way does this higgs boson give mass?

I find the idea of a particle that gives mass the same as a particle that gives mavity (a graviton), a bit unlikely and hard to accept tbh.
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If I knew that I'd be a particle physicist
 
Radiation said:
In exactly what way does this higgs boson give mass?

I find the idea of a particle that gives mass the same as a particle that gives mavity (a graviton), a bit unlikely and hard to accept tbh.
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The way I understand it ...

The particles that interact with an electrical field are said to have a "charge".

The particles that interact with a gravitational field are said to have "mavity".

The particles that interact with a Higgs field are said to have "mass".

I think photons don't interact with any of them. They're free agents. :)
 
Raist said:
The way I understand it ...

The particles that interact with an electrical field are said to have a "charge".

The particles that interact with a gravitational field are said to have "mavity".

The particles that interact with a Higgs field are said to have "mass".

I think photons don't interact with any of them. They're free agents. :)
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That makes sense in a way but i thought mavity was the bending of space by mass and photons are electromagnetism?
 
Radiation said:
That makes sense in a way but i thought mavity was the bending of space by mass and photons are electromagnetism?
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Thats the way classical physics explains it. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to fit with the idea of a quantum universe. Hence why they are rethinking it.
 
neodude said:
Thats the way classical physics explains it. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to fit with the idea of a quantum universe. Hence why they are rethinking it.
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What's a good way to picture the universe like at all levels now then?

See i find all these theories conflicting or at least don't get along well.
 
Raist said:
The way I understand it ...

The particles that interact with an electrical field are said to have a "charge".

The particles that interact with a gravitational field are said to have "mavity".

The particles that interact with a Higgs field are said to have "mass".

I think photons don't interact with any of them. They're free agents. :)
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how do we discern between massive, and gravitatious?
 
nokinidea said:
That's the whole problem, quantum physics doesn't tally with "the big picture"
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Yeah, the way i see when you get right down to it there's really only the fabric of existence and space/dimensions and the interactions between these things called energy, waves and localised dimensional inversions/loops or something similar creating particles with mass.
 
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