tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446617232754011315.post5877944440461416556..comments2024-03-18T13:07:41.886+05:30Comments on The Vinod Wadhawan Blog: 13. The Standard Model and the Higgs MechanismVinod Wadhawanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03806139017217746388noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446617232754011315.post-53163770141106317342012-07-07T16:48:05.148+05:302012-07-07T16:48:05.148+05:30These are tough-looking questions, Christin. It is...These are tough-looking questions, Christin. It is not just a question of I not knowing all the answers. I think science does not have many of the answers yet. Having said that, I do want to make some points:<br /><br />1. The Higgs particle mediates the Higgs field. The larger its mass, the shorter is the range of the interaction it mediates. The Standard Model, like any other good model, must be formulated in a self-consistent way. The model expects a certain mass (or interaction range) for it, and we seem to have found that mass experimentally.<br /><br />2. The different particles interact with the Higgs field differently. That is how it has to be. How can particles be 'different', and yet have the same interaction strength with the Higgs field? The strength of the interaction depends on a whole lot of parameters; e.g. spin. What is surprising about that? The so-called 'size' of the particles is only one among many parameters one has to factor in.Vinod Wadhawanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03806139017217746388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446617232754011315.post-3674815074731171362012-07-07T12:47:32.814+05:302012-07-07T12:47:32.814+05:30Hey,
Me and my brother were checking up on this ...Hey, <br /><br />Me and my brother were checking up on this ( You are my friend in Facebook ). Can you give me some clear ideas on :<br />1: How / Why does different particles interact differently with the Higgs field? The Top Quark is super heavy while a photon is mass less. And there is no difference in the size of these particles. Most explanations went with particles with mass interact with higgs field, which is a very circular explanation.<br /><br />2: Higgs Particle is super heavy with a detected 126GeV so how does this happen?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01796114381624195449noreply@blogger.com