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What is the Higgs Boson responsible for if it's not involved in the mass of fermions or hadrons?
by jamincan 4y ago
What is the Higgs Boson responsible for if it's not involved in the mass of fermions or hadrons?
- simiones 4y agoThe mass of the massive gauge bosons, the W and Z bosons. Edit: there is an excellent in-depth (but math-light) explanation about the Higgs mechanism by Leonard Susskind. I highly recommend it if you are interested, it lasts about 1h (plus some Q&A) and is extremely approachable, while being presented by an established authority in the field. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqNg819PiZY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqNg819PiZY
- gmadsen 4y agounless im wrong (im not a physicist) interaction with the higgs field does give a none zero amount of mass to quarks. but the vast majority of mass of a proton ~99% is due to the energy in the gluon field