On 5/28/2019 12:36 AM, Philip Thrift wrote:
On Monday, May 27, 2019 at 11:48:55 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: On 5/27/2019 4:41 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:Since it requires a lot of energy the machine is large, the detectors are large and it is a major undertaking. I don't have Higgs particles in my pocket.Really? How does your handkerchief get a mass?Mass comes from interaction with the Higgs field. Higgs particles aren't necessary; which is good since it takes a lot of energy to create one. BrentHow (in Standard Model particle physics) can there be a field, but no particles?
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