The God Particle
Posted by majutsu on March 4, 2008
The Standard Model of physics, developed since the 70s, states that everything is made of 6 quarks, 6 leptons, and force bosons. These interactions explain all matter and 3 of the 4 known forces, electromagnetism, strong, and weak. Gravity, so far, has not been incorporable into the Standard Model. The only problem with the Standard Model, despite accurate predictions of many experimental phenomena in advance of their detection, is the necessity to assume the Higgs boson, a particle responsible for mass. But so far, this particle has yet to be observed. This particle has been called the “God particle” because it would explain the eternal question, “Why is there something rather than nothing?”
Here is a link to a tutorial readable by anyone, from children to advanced scientists, about the Standard Model. Just read the page and follow the forward green arrows. You can learn just how amazing nature is and also just how much we know about this wonderful, mysterious world:
Here is a discussion of the “God Particle”, the Higgs boson
There follows an more mathematical presentation of the Standard Model.
Stay tuned for updates and tutorials on tensor calculus, Riemann geometry, and Langrangians . . .
