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Higgs boson

physical science Maturity 11-13

Tiny bits make up our world.

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Elementary particle interactions.svg
Some bits have weight. A special field helps them get this weight. This field is everywhere. It helps things stay together.
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Higgs, Peter (1929) cropped.jpg
Can you feel how heavy things are?

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Mecanismo de Higgs PH.png
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Higgs-Mass-MetaStability.svg
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Higgs, Peter (1929) cropped.jpg
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Nobel Prize 24 2013.jpg
File:2-photon Higgs decay.svg
2-photon Higgs decay.svg
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4-lepton Higgs decay.svg
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HiggsCouplings.png
File:Spontaneous symmetry breaking (explanatory diagram).png
Spontaneous symmetry breaking...
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Elementary particle interactions.svg
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One-loop-diagram.svg
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Higgs-gluon-fusion.svg

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