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A couple of quick clarifications: 90-99% of the mass in regular matter is due to strong force interactions. In things like protons, neutrons etc the Higgs is o
by repsilat 15y ago
A couple of quick clarifications:
90-99% of the mass in regular matter is due to strong force interactions. In things like protons, neutrons etc the Higgs is only responsible for a small amount. See [1] for a little more detail.
As a quick aside, gravitons aren't quite kosher science yet. We haven't observed them, and we don't even have a coherent theory of how they would work. Something to do with equations being non-renormalizable, I don't claim to understand any of it.
1: http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/pd6wc/why_is_there_a_problem_with_the_weakness_of/c3oieh4 http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/pd6wc/why_is_the...