2007-01-25 05:41:13 · 5 answers · asked by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
In their limited understanding, many people have come to call the Higgs Boson the so-called "God" particle. However, this is not the case. The Higgs Field does indeed exist and permeates throughout the universe, but the Higgs Boson does not exist. What has been thought of as a single Boson is instead a combination of several other particles which not only determines the existance of mass in objects, but also provides the elementary basis for Gravity, electromagnetism, time, dimensional separation and more. The general trap of assuming a constant for E=mc2 and a constant for the speed of light is the downfall of these theories. In reality, the speed of light may vary from an observed stationary position to exceeding what we call the speed of light by several thousand factors. As well the general mass equations also do not hold true and vary by several thousand factors based on the total energy of the equation. With variants as wide as these, it can be easily seen how looking for a Boson within the listed contraints does not work, and indeed points toward many other elementary particles being at work at that level instead. Perhaps when someone finallys says "we captured a Higgs Boson" the equipment they use will have the finesse of showing them that the "Higgs Boson" is actually a swirling mass of many other particles.
2007-01-25 06:03:07 · answer #1 · answered by MrKnowItAll 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a nickname for the Higgs boson, a particle that has been proposed as a way of explaining the great differences in the masses of known particles. We have some hints that it and the Higgs field that it mediates exist. We have no experimental proof. See the references for what is thought about it, and how it relates to other particles, known and proposed.
2007-01-25 16:13:17 · answer #2 · answered by Frank N 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not in an atom. It is the still undescovered Higgs particle (Boson) which is theorized to give all other particles mass by interacting with them.
2007-01-25 13:45:45 · answer #3 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's a joking name for Higgs Boson. Since it is responsible for mass, it should be in protons and neutrons which make up the nucleus of the atom.
it is only predicted in theory, and was not actualy observed yet.
2007-01-25 13:44:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The positron .
2007-01-26 01:46:03 · answer #5 · answered by Qyn 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋