Higgs boson
elementary particle transmitting the Higgs field giving particles mass
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Summary
Higgs boson is a type of quantum particle[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of type of quantum particle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,928 views/month, #1 of 125).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: CERN[3], ATLAS experiment[4], CMS experiment[5]
- Named after: Peter Higgs[6], God[7], particle[8]
- Location of discovery: Switzerland[9]
- Subclass of: scalar boson[10], real neutral particle[11], non-matter particles[12], elementary boson[13]
- Commons category: Higgs boson[14]
- Interaction: weak interaction[15], electromagnetic interaction[16], gravity[17], Higgs field[18]
- Time of discovery or invention: 2012[19]
- Significant event: Discovery of the Higgs Boson[20]
- Decays to: W or Z boson[21], electron[22], photon[23]
- Spin quantum number: 0[24]
- Parity quantum number: 1[25]
- Described by source: Great Russian Encyclopedia[26]
- Monte Carlo Particle Number: 35[27]
- Mass: 125.26[28], 124.98[29], 125.09[30], 125.5[31], 120[32], 127[33], 121[34], 127.5[35], 140[36], 118[37], 251[38], 52[39], 124.97[40], 125.10[41]
- Antiparticle: Higgs boson[42]
- Electric charge: 0[43]
- Decay width: 13,000,000[44]
- Has superpartner: higgsino[45]
- Mean lifetime: 0.000156[46], 0.000010[47]
Why It Matters
Higgs boson has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]