star-nostar OP t1_je8p912 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:50 AM

Reply to comment by mfb- in Is the standard model just QED with more particles? by star-nostar

Yeah, that Higgs mechanism. I've heard it "gives mass to particles", and I've seen that sombrero graph, but it might be forever beyond my grasp.

djublonskopf t1_je8wv6l wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:31 AM

I thought this explainer by PBS Spacetime was a pretty good overview of the Higgs mechanism. They go more in depth than “particles bump into the Higgs field” without going too deep.

[deleted] t1_jea7ygh wrote on March 30, 2023 at 3:27 PM

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