The Higgs field is a quantum field that permeates the universe, responsible for giving mass to elementary particles through their interaction with it. Its existence was confirmed by the discovery of the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider in 2012, a pivotal moment in particle physics that validated the Standard Model.

Higgs Field

Higgs field

quantum field

Mass of elementary particles

Interaction with the Higgs field

The Higgs boson is a fundamental particle associated with the Higgs field, which gives mass to other elementary particles through the Higgs mechanism. Its discovery at CERN in 2012 confirmed a crucial part of the Standard Model of particle physics, providing insight into the origin of mass in the universe.

Higgs boson

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator, designed to explore fundamental questions about the universe by colliding high-energy protons and heavy ions. It is located at CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland, and has been instrumental in confirming the existence of the Higgs boson, a particle that gives mass to other particles.

Large Hadron Collider

Particle physics is the branch of physics that studies the fundamental constituents of matter and the forces that govern their interactions. By exploring subatomic particles like quarks, leptons, and gauge bosons, it seeks to understand the underlying principles of the universe, often through high-energy experiments like those conducted in particle accelerators.

particle physics

The Standard Model is a fundamental theory in physics that describes the electromagnetic, weak, and strong nuclear interactions, which govern the behavior of all known subatomic particles. It successfully unifies three of the four fundamental forces of nature, but does not include gravity, and predicts the existence of particles like the Higgs boson, which was confirmed experimentally in 2012.

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