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📚 Glossary

HiggsBoson

Particle associated with the Higgs field

HiggsField

Field that gives particles mass

StandardModel

Theory of fundamental particles and forces

Boson

Particle with integer spin (force carriers)

Fermion

Particle with half-integer spin (matter)

GeV

Giga-electron-volt - unit of particle mass/energy

LHC

Large Hadron Collider

CERN

European Organization for Nuclear Research

Scalar

Particle with spin 0

SymmetryBreaking

Process where symmetry of equations doesn't appear in solutions

Coupling

Strength of interaction between particles

🏆 Key Figures

Peter Higgs

Proposed Higgs mechanism (1964)

François Englert

Co-developed theory with Brout (1964)

Robert Brout

Co-developed theory with Englert

💬 Message to Learners

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