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Higgs bosons

Higgs bosons is the plural of Higgs boson.

Meaning of Higgs boson

Noun

Higgs boson (plural Higgs bosons)

  1. (particle) An elementary particle in the Standard Model, namely a boson with zero spin, that gives mass to other particles.
    • The existence of a Higgs boson would be the simplest solution to the problem of electroweak symmetry breaking.1987, Robert N. Cahn, “The Search for a Heavy Higgs Boson at the SSC”, in Orrin Fackler, J. Thanh Vân Trân, editors, New and Exotic Phenomena: Proceedings of the Seventh Moriond Workshop, page 468

Questions about Higgs bosons

What is Higgs bosons the plural of?
Higgs bosons is the plural of Higgs boson.

Words near Higgs bosons in the dictionary

  1. higglings
  2. Higgon
  3. Higgs
  4. Higgs bison
  5. Higgs boson
  6. Higgs bosons
  7. Higgs factories
  8. Higgs factory
  9. Higgs field
  10. Higgs mechanism
  11. Higgs particle

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