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Standard model Higgs boson explained

12 points| beghbali | 13 years ago |coderwall.com | reply

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[+] seriocomic|13 years ago|reply
Wanted this so much to make sense to a layman. Has anyone found a resource that doesn't require a Phd?
[+] ck2|13 years ago|reply
In a sentence, the Higgs boson is how matter attains mass.

None of the other sub-particles could explain mass until this was proven to exist.

[+] gregbair|13 years ago|reply
Yeah, this doesn't really help.