The discovery of the Higgs field has added even more layers of complexity to our understanding of the nature in the way fundamental particles behave.
The mechanism that gives particles mass is a continuing transformation of a particle with its anti-polar opposite particle. For example, the electron oscillates between itself and its anti-positron [image: image.png] The more rapidly that these opposite particle pairs oscillate, the more mass that the particle archives. Hypercharge converts energy into mass in a fermion. The Higgs field is a condensate of hypercharge. The more sensitive that the particle is when it is exposed to hypercharge, the more mass it will achieve. Hypercharge causes the fermion to transform into its antiparticle more frequently. This nature is true for all fermions including quarks. If you wanted to examine an electron, you might just so happen to grab ahold of an anti-positron instead.
