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This is a link post What is the HIggs Boson? I made this!
In case you heard the rumblings from the LHC last week, and the subsequent rush to explain what on Earth it means, we thought we would put together a little video to explain what a Higgs Boson really is...
(I helped save b3ta! TheAlmightyBeev, Mon 9 Jul 2012, 11:52, Reply)
This is a normal post Lovely
*Click*
 (I helped save b3ta! maninahat Too many cocks spoil the brothel., Mon 9 Jul 2012, 12:05, Reply)
This is a normal post Left handed people can just fuck off.

(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Mon 9 Jul 2012, 14:41, Reply)
This is a normal post That's...
...a very nicely done explanation - good analogy with the clapping.
 (I helped save b3ta! A!. touching Shatner's Bassoon., Mon 9 Jul 2012, 12:13, Reply)
This is a normal post Fantastic!
*clickityclickclick*
 (I helped save b3ta! The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Mon 9 Jul 2012, 12:14, Reply)
This is a normal post Thanks for that!

(I helped save b3ta! skeltonator Needs some new daps., Mon 9 Jul 2012, 12:33, Reply)
This is a normal post I am not going to pretend I understood that.
My tiny mind just can't handle the numbers and apparently counter intuitive logic involving quantum physics.

So the higgs particle is made up of other particles that have no mass but has a mass of 125keV and creates a field that gives mass to some particles but not to all particles.

Good effort in trying to explain it but my brain just rejects that.
 (I helped save b3ta! Tusk knows where you live, Mon 9 Jul 2012, 12:37, Reply)
This is a normal post No.
The Higgs boson doesn't create the Higgs field. The field has been there all along. The field is not created by any particle. The Higgs boson interacts with the Higgs field, so if we can find the boson then we can infer the existance of the field. Other particles also interact with the field. It is the field which confers mass on particles, not the boson as so many mainstream media outlets keep repeating.
 (I helped save b3ta! Purple Martin is board sigless, Tue 10 Jul 2012, 3:44, Reply)
This is a normal post That is truly magnificent thanks so much for that
I love science but only have a very basic knowledge of it and this explains things in a way I wouldn't have understood in technical terms.

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 (I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Mon 9 Jul 2012, 13:28, Reply)
This is a normal post Superb!
I think I actually learnt something then.
I wish you'd been my teacher at school etc.
 (BarryFromTheShitFarm Oh, Mon 9 Jul 2012, 13:50, Reply)
This is a normal post That's really rather lovely!

(I helped save b3ta! dirtyscarab intends to live forever. So far, so good..., Mon 9 Jul 2012, 14:05, Reply)
This is a normal post Consistantly brilliant.

(I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Mon 9 Jul 2012, 14:17, Reply)
This is a normal post This is quite nice!
And the animation is superb! I like happy particles.
 (I helped save b3ta! DisgruntledGoat, Mon 9 Jul 2012, 18:17, Reply)
This is a normal post Nicely done.

(I helped save b3ta! Varmint, Tue 10 Jul 2012, 13:35, Reply)
This is a normal post Two point three times ten to the minus twenty-five kilograms
I see!
 (I helped save b3ta! pemulis, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 19:33, Reply)
This is a normal post impressive
most impressive
 (I helped save b3ta! king_dong loves the hairstyles of the stars of dallas, Sat 14 Jul 2012, 12:00, Reply)
This is a normal post erm
so this Higgs field is sort of God then yeah?
 (I helped save b3ta! bigmeuprudeboy is using powerpoint or paint...have MERCY, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 11:03, Reply)