A HIGGS BOSON PARTICLE FOUND!!!!!!!!!

[Conegamer]

Soleron said:

Conegamer said:

spurgeonryan said:
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But what combines all of the stuff in the nuclues together? There has to be some force between them, because one is positive (protons) and the other neutral (neutrons). That's where the Higgs Boson comes in. It acts as 'glue' to 'stick' the particles together, which is what gives them their mass, shape and characteristics. It's pretty much what creates everything we see, hence it is considered the God Particle. It's actually a field called the Higgs Field, but I don't wish to complicate matters.

Not completely right. It just gives particles mass, nothing else about them and nothing to do with the nucleus. It's not a glue, and "God Particle" is a terrible name for it as it didn't create anything.

Particles interact with each other via the four fundamental forces - electromagnetic, strong nuclear (quarks), weak nuclear (beta-decay), and gravity. Most everything we observe on a human scale is due to electromagnetism (example: not falling through the floor because of repulsion).

Yeah, I was just trying to 'dumb it down' as it were. I know it's not Glue, and everyone calls it the God Particle, even if it is a horrific name. 

The key for me is, out of those 4 fundamental forces, Gravity is by far the weakest. The Higgs Boson helps to explain that, no?