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?
Insufficient energy to excite the field. Brent -- 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/e146ccae-30f6-c19f-bb97-b3bf79fb1739%40verizon.net.
