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Higgs field
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English
Etymology
From en Higgs a surname + en field; en British physicist Peter Higgs = 1, who is credited with proposing what is now called the en Higgs mechanism.
Noun
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en physics A theoretical scalar field associated with electroweak symmetry breaking, the quantum of which is the Higgs boson; interaction with this field is hypothesised to give elementary particles their mass.
Related terms
en Higgs boson Higgs mechanism Higgs particle Higgsino Higgs