Higgs Boson
An elementary scalar boson associated with the Higgs field that endows fundamental particles with rest mass via electroweak symmetry breaking.
Governing formula
m_H ≈ 125.1 GeV/c², Spin = 0, Scalar Field φ
SI unit
GeV/c² (Mass Energy)
In depth
Particles acquire inertial mass through quantum interaction with the non-zero vacuum expectation value of the pervasive Higgs field. Discovered at CERN's Large Hadron Collider in 2012, completing the Standard Model.
Examples in the real world
Confirming the Bachel-Englert-Higgs mechanism through Higgs boson decay into two gamma-ray photons at the LHC.