Abstract
The higgs particle is an undiscovered elementary particle, thought to be a vital piece of the closely-fitting jigsaw of particle physics. Like all particles, it has wave properties akin to those of ripples on the surface of a pond which has been disturbed: indeed, only when the ripples travel as a welldefined group it is sensible to speak of a particle at all. Quantum mechanics naturally incorporates both particle and wavelike aspects of matter. In quantum language the analogue of the water surface which carries the waves is called a field. Each type of particle has its corresponding field. The higgs field is a particularly simple one - it has the same properties viewed from every direction, and in important respects is indistinguishable from empty space. The particle-ripples associated with many other fields in particle physics spin on their axes, which clearly is not a property of empty space.
Citation Formats
Hands, Simon.
Against the grain.
CERN: N. p.,
1994.
Web.
Hands, Simon.
Against the grain.
CERN.
Hands, Simon.
1994.
"Against the grain."
CERN.
@misc{etde_22518006,
title = {Against the grain}
author = {Hands, Simon}
abstractNote = {The higgs particle is an undiscovered elementary particle, thought to be a vital piece of the closely-fitting jigsaw of particle physics. Like all particles, it has wave properties akin to those of ripples on the surface of a pond which has been disturbed: indeed, only when the ripples travel as a welldefined group it is sensible to speak of a particle at all. Quantum mechanics naturally incorporates both particle and wavelike aspects of matter. In quantum language the analogue of the water surface which carries the waves is called a field. Each type of particle has its corresponding field. The higgs field is a particularly simple one - it has the same properties viewed from every direction, and in important respects is indistinguishable from empty space. The particle-ripples associated with many other fields in particle physics spin on their axes, which clearly is not a property of empty space.}
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title = {Against the grain}
author = {Hands, Simon}
abstractNote = {The higgs particle is an undiscovered elementary particle, thought to be a vital piece of the closely-fitting jigsaw of particle physics. Like all particles, it has wave properties akin to those of ripples on the surface of a pond which has been disturbed: indeed, only when the ripples travel as a welldefined group it is sensible to speak of a particle at all. Quantum mechanics naturally incorporates both particle and wavelike aspects of matter. In quantum language the analogue of the water surface which carries the waves is called a field. Each type of particle has its corresponding field. The higgs field is a particularly simple one - it has the same properties viewed from every direction, and in important respects is indistinguishable from empty space. The particle-ripples associated with many other fields in particle physics spin on their axes, which clearly is not a property of empty space.}
journal = []
issue = {1}
volume = {34}
journal type = {AC}
place = {CERN}
year = {1994}
month = {Jan}
}