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How the Higgs Gives Mass to the Universe
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Budikka666
Jul 13, 2012, 6:06:52 AM7/13/12
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Malcolm McMahon
Jul 15, 2012, 5:42:11 AM7/15/12
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On Friday, 13 July 2012 11:06:52 UTC+1, Budikka666 wrote:
> http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2012/07/04/how-the-higgs-gives-mass-to-the-universe/
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> Budikka
Not very good, because it doesn't explain why multiple particles of zero rest mass sticking together would have rest mass. It doesn't explain were the Higgs itself gets the mass to add to other particles, or itself.
And there's too many irrelevant pictures.
The analogies I've come across talk about the Higs as a creating a kind of friction, but friction needs something to transfer momentum to, inertia isn't like friction.
> http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2012/07/04/how-the-higgs-gives-mass-to-the-universe/
>
> Budikka
Not very good, because it doesn't explain why multiple particles of zero rest mass sticking together would have rest mass. It doesn't explain were the Higgs itself gets the mass to add to other particles, or itself.
And there's too many irrelevant pictures.
The analogies I've come across talk about the Higs as a creating a kind of friction, but friction needs something to transfer momentum to, inertia isn't like friction.
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