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22 questions linked to/from Is the Higgs boson not responsible for most mass?
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How does the gluon field and the Higgs field interact with one another? [duplicate]
Assuming the theories that the Gluon field and the Higgs field are both responsible for particles gaining mass, how would both exist simultaneously in the same world? How would they interact with each ...
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Where does mass come from? [duplicate]
I've read material claiming it comes from the Higgs boson fails while others claim it is from the tensions of quarks in the gluon field... I am only a 15 year old kid in high school so please "dumb it ...
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Why isn't Higgs coupling considered a fifth fundamental force?
When I first learned about the four fundamental forces of nature, I assumed that they were just the only four kind of interactions there were. But after learning a little field theory, there are many ...
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How do we know that the nucleus isn't a quark-gluon plasma?
The standard picture of the nucleus of atom is that is several distinct nucleons, which themselves are composed of quarks. However, it seems to me like a much simpler picture is that the nucleus is ...
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Quarks in a hadron: where does the mass come from?
We know that the sum of the masses of the quarks in a proton is approximately $9.4^{+1.9}_{-1.3}~\text{MeV}/c^2$, whereas the mass of a proton is $\approx931~\text{MeV}/c^2$. This extra mass is ...
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Does decrease in temperature affect mass $E=mc^2$?
My understanding of Quantum physics and String Theory is very basic and I don't yet have a grasp on the maths, but in my research I have come up with a question. Does a decrease in temperature also ...
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Is everything made of massless particles?
Photons have no mass. Yet they interact gravitationally, as all energy does, with other energetic and massive particles. This means that if you put multiple photons in a system, you get something that ...
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What are good examples to demonstrate Einstein's mass-energy relation [duplicate]
According to Einstein's mass-energy relation mass and energy are interchangeable. Can you provide some examples where:
Mass gets converted into energy.
Energy gets converted into mass.
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The contribution to mass from the dynamical breaking of chiral symmetry
The claim is often made that the discovery of the Higgs boson will give us information about the origin of mass. However, the bare masses of the up and down quarks are only around 5 MeV, quite a bit ...
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Mass or no mass?
Do all forms of energy have a mass? We know by $E=mc^2$ that mass and energy are directly proportional, but there are massless forms of energy such as electro-magnetic waves. I am also told that there ...
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Is it only the Higgs field that stops me from getting to $c$?
Is it only the higgs field that stops me from accelerating up to the speed of light or is there other restriction concerning the increase in mass?
In other words if I had a Higgs field shield on my ...
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Travel at the speed of light
Is it me who have a poor understanding, or does all matter have to become 'pure energy' in order to achieve speed-of-light speed?
If so, does that mean that no material can achieve the speed of light ...
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Is most mass from KE or PE?
I know most invariant mass is from the interaction of quarks with the gluon field, but is that kinetic energy or potential energy, or does this question not make sense? Am a college freshman but I ...
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How much Higgs mass do I have?
If I weigh myself, I'm about $45$ Kg. Now I'm classifying mass into two catogories. First the mass due to energy I have. It means kinetic, potential and quark potential energy and so on. The other ...
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What part does the Higgs boson play in conveying mass?
I am a high school physics teacher and did my physics degree a while ago, well before the Higgs boson was on in the physics undergraduate syllabus.
Now, I am a little confused. The recent discovery ...