How the Higgs Field (Actually) Gives Mass to Elementary Particles | Quanta Magazine
In this article adapted from his new book, “Waves in an Impossible Sea,” physicist Matt Strassler explains that the origin of mass in the universe has a lot to do with music.
Hasnain says:
“This notion lies at the heart of what the late British physicist Peter Higgs, namesake of the Higgs field, and his competitors pointed out in the 1960s: that one field can stiffen other fields, thereby permitting their ripples to vibrate in place with a resonant frequency, and thus giving their particles mass.”
Posted on 2024-09-04T06:59:24+0000