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The Importance of Fields in Particle Physics
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The Higgs field is believed to be the reason why electrons and quarks have mass, and particles such as electrons and up quarks are ripples moving in their respective fields. Timing is crucial in using an electric field to accelerate particles.
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The Higgs field is what gives particles mass, and every particle in the universe is a ripple in a specific field.
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The Higgs field is what gives particles mass, and every particle in the universe is a ripple in a specific field. This includes the up quark field, the down quark field, and the electron field.
ChapterThe Importance of Fields in Particle Physics
Episode#92 – Harry Cliff: Particle Physics and the Large Hadron Collider
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The history of the standard model of physics began with the view that matter is made of indestructible atoms.
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The history of the standard model of physics began with the view that matter is made of indestructible atoms. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was built to accelerate particles using an electric field and has a specific section with metal boxes containing timed two million volt electric fields to attract and flip the particles.
ChapterThe Importance of Fields in Particle Physics
Episode#92 – Harry Cliff: Particle Physics and the Large Hadron Collider
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Ernest Rutherford discovered the nucleus of an atom, which is a tiny positively charged object, while experiments on radioactivity led to the discovery of electrons.
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Ernest Rutherford discovered the nucleus of an atom, which is a tiny positively charged object, while experiments on radioactivity led to the discovery of electrons. It was eventually found that the atom consisted of three basic building blocks, namely protons, neutrons, and electrons.