RE: What is Symmetry Breaking?
June 15, 2017 at 2:56 pm
(This post was last modified: June 15, 2017 at 3:42 pm by Rhondazvous.)
Further reading has answered much of my confusion—I think. Is the following description of the Higgs mechanism accurate?
Higgs boson interacts with W boson giving it mass. W boson then interacts with an e.g. electron transforming it into a neutrino.
I got confused thinking of the Higgs boson interacting directly with the e.g. electron giving it mass when the resulting neutrino has no mass. Then trying to understand the relationship between a Higgss boson and a gauge boson from there left me totally discombobulated.
Higgs boson interacts with W boson giving it mass. W boson then interacts with an e.g. electron transforming it into a neutrino.
I got confused thinking of the Higgs boson interacting directly with the e.g. electron giving it mass when the resulting neutrino has no mass. Then trying to understand the relationship between a Higgss boson and a gauge boson from there left me totally discombobulated.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
