Standard model Higgs boson explained(coderwall.com)
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Standard model Higgs boson explained
http://coderwall.com/p/zjacna
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Wanted this so much to make sense to a layman. Has anyone found a resource that doesn't require a Phd?
In a sentence, the Higgs boson is how matter attains mass.
None of the other sub-particles could explain mass until this was proven to exist.
None of the other sub-particles could explain mass until this was proven to exist.
I found these helpful:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4193590
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4198392
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4198720
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4193590
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4198392
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4198720
Thanks the first two I had seen and my eyes glazed over. The third one helped...
Yeah, this doesn't really help.