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Do W Bosons get Their Mass from the Higgs Field?

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Do W Bosons get Their Mass from the Higgs Field?
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Do W Bosons get Their Mass from the Higgs Field?
February 18, 2018 at 8:48 am
Or how do they get it?
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RE: Do W Bosons get Their Mass from the Higgs Field?
February 18, 2018 at 6:58 pm
(February 18, 2018 at 8:48 am)Rhondazvous Wrote: Or how do they get it?

Yes. Both W and Z bosons get mass through the Higg's. In the symmetry breaking via the Higg's mechanism, the W and Z bosons 'eat' three massless bosons and begin to interact with the Higg's particle, thereby getting mass.
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RE: Do W Bosons get Their Mass from the Higgs Field?
February 18, 2018 at 7:09 pm
I'd love to know where bosoms get their mass.
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