Higgs Boson (The God Particle) and Higgs Field Explained in Simple Words

The Higgs boson is a wave, ripple or disturbance in an invisible, all-permeating field called the Higgs field. In the year 1964, Peter Higgs, François Englert and four other scientists proposed a rather unique idea to explain why certain particles had mass. They hypothesized that the entire universe is filled with an invisible, all-permeating field that gives mass to all elementary particles.

The field in question is called the Higgs field. A wave, ripple or disturbance in that field is therefore called the Higgs boson, or the Higgs particle.

This theory suggests that particles do not have a mass of their own; rather, they get their mass by interacting with the Higgs field. How heavy a particle is will be determined by how strongly a particle interacts with the Higgs field. Electrons, quarks and other elementary particles interact with the Higgs field in different ways and therefore have different masses. Photons, however, don’t interact with the field, and thus have no mass.

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[foulasign]

you can tell the editors had fun with this one lol

[tomsellers]

As an inquisitive child in the 60s, some teachers said too much, so, in 8th grade, I questioned my biology teacher to explain if all atoms were identical, how can they create so many different things in the world. I used an example of a trillion grains of sand, each grain being an atom, to create air and a human, etc. I'm just a curious kid but fairly smart. The teacher, this was in 1966, looked at me like I was a simpleton. He just expected us to accept reality for what it was, without ignorant questions. Took many years before I grasped more about how matter operates.

[YouTubeLate]

I’m only getting this recommendation because my phone listened to me discuss 3 Body Problem with my friend at a coffee shop.

[TGUlricksen]

They really hate God, even the narrator has disdain in his voice. Also I might add that all religions are cool with them except Jesus...so that is really the focal point. Jesus is God and you can only enter heaven through him. It costs you nothing to believe and the time is almost up. We all know God wins in the end so stick with the Father of all the Universe that you are scrutinizing. Besides, believing in "nothing" is really depressing. I know you scientists all have to think what your told or you loose your paycheck, that should show anyone the level of control it has over you. Just think tho on the bight side, Cern is doing the will of God and this I thank you for.

[twinsoultarot]

But what tells that particle to interact with the Higgs field? Would that not be information within that particle?

[radinelaj-cs]

What if the higs field was called by previous scientists : ether

[felixlex]

"The God*mn particle" 😂
Hilarious name for the frustration to detect this particle

[entropyfun]

So... theres some sort of field or spmthing, that runs through everything, aaaand disturbance in this field gives an illusion of mass to everything (except light), aaand this is all theory anyway and we cannot fully explain any of this and theres no practical aplications. Got it.

[dmitrychirkov]

Instant subscribing level of quality! Keep it up!

[MrBartAttack]

Please give credit to the Indian scientist Satyendra Nath Bose who theorised god particle.

[luisernestoramosduron]

😊 una cosa es el bosón de Higgs y otra cosa es el campo de Higgs que lo generó, son 2 cosas diferentes 😊, así es también como se pueden generar diferentes partículas incluso desde la energía oscura y de los fotones cuando adquieren masa y se transforman en materia y dejan de ser energía 😊😅😅😅😅

[Brucec-xr]

Everything about humanity is happening in a dream and therefore does not actually exist,

[R-youdamantendo-R]

But is this powerful enough to "end the world"?

[radinelaj-cs]

So the energy is electron ? But on the other hand energy is ability to do work( heat and light). It is a little paradox. What is energy ? An property or a particle ? Wikipedia says electron is a charged particle, on the other hand says energy is the ability to do work.

[Masterfailure-bi]

Look at the periodic table. Look at all the elements and the atomic mass. The basic building blocks of the universe are the things most likely to make it to the end of space time. Now ask yourself what if you started adding electrons to different elements.

[sion]

i am confused about "mass" and "mass" in terms of matter. would you get more matter if you interacted more strongly with the higgs field and thus more weight?!.... that seems kinda weird.
the stronger your interaction with the higgs field is the more mass you get sounds like you get heavier. but how can you get more "mass" just by interacting with a field? where does that matter come from... i have been thinking to much about this.

[radinelaj-cs]

Does a photon shine/radiate light in the dark ? If there are electromagnetic field in the dark it mean ther are photons there( in the field, what about in the dark, are there photons in the field ? Or are black photons there ? 😊

[conchadeconchos]

I lost track when did we get from a field to a molecule we can visibly see/measure ?
Is it a field like electron field ?

[jimmys]

3:52 deadpool and wolverine 1 year ago?

[mikeCavalle]

i thought that the quote was 'that god damned' particle. ???