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Higgs Boson

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Higgs Boson

The particle that gives others their mass/Scientific Objects

The Higgs boson was theorized in 1964 and finally detected at CERN in 2012. It has a mass of about 125 GeV/c-squared, making it heavier than an atom of tin but existing for only 1.6 x 10^-22 seconds. It is the quantum excitation of the Higgs field, which permeates all of space and gives fundamental particles their mass.

Measurements

Rest mass223 octillionths kg
1.1 septillionthsSmartphones
223 septillionthsPaperclip weights

125.1 GeV/c^2

Mean lifetime156 septillionths s
104 octillionthsPomodoro timers
313 octillionthsLight-minutes to Earth
16.3 octillionthsTitanic sinkings

Extremely short-lived

Rest mass energy20 billionths J
153 quintillionthsGallons of gasoline
4 billionthsSlamming doors

125.1 GeV

Compton wavelength15.8 quintillionths m
5.3 quadrillionthsSesame seeds
58.6 sextillionthsTitanic lengths
105 quintillionthsBird nest diameters
Discovery energy scale1.4 quadrillion K
984 billionLava flows
3.9 trillionRunning car engines
4.3 trillionLaptop surfaces

Equivalent temperature

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