How Everything Gets Mass—The Higgs Field Explained!

The Higgs field is a key pillar of the Standard Model: an invisible quantum field that fills all space and gives fundamental particles their mass. Discovered in theory in the 1960s and confirmed by CERN in 2012, this mechanism is essential to why matter—even you—exists as you do.

🔍 In this video, you’ll explore:

1. What the Higgs field is—a ubiquitous scalar field with a non-zero value even in empty space, unlike other fields in physics. It causes spontaneous symmetry breaking, letting particles like electrons and quarks gain mass. ([turn0search0]turn0search2]turn0search5])

2. How it works—particles “bounce” through the field. The stronger their interaction, the more mass they acquire. Photons skip all this and remain massless. ([turn0search1]turn0search9])

3. Higgs boson discovery—the Higgs particle is a ripple in the field, first detected at CERN in 2012, confirming the field’s existence. ([turn0search5]turn0search3]turn0search0])

4. Why it matters—this field explains why W and Z bosons carry weak force, why different particles have different masses, and how the universe evolved from symmetry to structure. ([turn0search3]turn0search6]turn0search7])

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