> On 27 May 2019, at 14:42, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 7:41 AM Bruno Marchal <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> On 24 May 2019, at 02:26, Lawrence Crowell <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> My area is physics, and have written on the connection between spacetime > >> or gravitation with particle physics. Cosmin wanted to see the Higgs > >> boson, and that is about it. It may be disappointing, but the particle > >> only last about 10^{-25} seconds on a path 10^{-15}cm long. So we detect > >> this field by the particles it decays into. 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? > > The mass of the electrons and quarks in the handkerchief come from the Higgs > field but if you add it all up it that only amounts to about 1% of the mass > of the handkerchief. The remaining 99% comes from the strong force binding > energy that keeps quarks inside of protons and neutrons, although many of the > details remain unclear and this area is on the frontier of modern physics > research.
OK. I though that even the mass coming from the binding of the quark came ultimately from the Higgs Boson. I guess I was wrong. I will have to rethink all this. Bruno > > John K Clark > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv0d--5z6Fn1gLuc%2B0eKuuy7Mf5_UhUFWLJqpDVR5Y5v6A%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv0d--5z6Fn1gLuc%2B0eKuuy7Mf5_UhUFWLJqpDVR5Y5v6A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/43DF1D7A-BD43-40E0-A587-722FEB874134%40ulb.ac.be.
