Higgs

English Alternative forms en Hicks Etymology From en Hick s. From en Hick + the patronymic suffix en -s. Pronunciation en /hɪɡz/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Higgs.wav Southern England en ɪɡz 1 Proper noun es en patronymics. Synonyms en Hickson Hick Hicks Adjective - pertaining to the en Higgs mechanism/Higgs force Synonyms en Higgsian Derived terms en Higgs factory Anderson-Higgs mechanism Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism Higgs boson Higgs-like Higgson Higgs field Higgs force Higgsian Higgsino Higgsless Higgs mechanism Higgs particle Higgs bison Noun en eponyms en physics en Higgs boson named for en Peter Higgs. en July 2, 2012 Paul Rincon US sees stronger hints of Higgs bbc.co.uk http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18677808 July 2, 2012 The Higgs is the cornerstone of the Standard Model - the most successful theory to explain the workings of the Universe - and explains why all other particles have mass. https://web.archive.org/web/20250715081728/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18677808 15 July 2025 Verb en eponyms en physics to make subject to the Higgs mechanism en Davide Gaiotto; Anton Kapustin; Nathan Seiberg; Brian Willett 2015-02-26 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP02(2015)172 SpringerLink Generalized global symmetries When the matter fields condense the U(1) gauge symmetry is Higgsed to . See also en Higgs boson