This is a guest commentary. See Mark Wise's bio below. The Higgs boson is an integral part of our understanding of nature. It is a particle that is an excitation of what is called the Higgs field ...

The electromagnetic field is also a quantum field (its corresponding elementary particle is the photon). So in this respect, the Higgs field is no more enigmatic than electrons and light.

And it must be able to attract or repel. Normally the Higgs field fails the first two requirements—it’s always on, with no preferred direction. But in the presence of a Higgs boson, the field is ...

Mathematically, the Higgs boson is a consequence of equations describing a field of force, the Higgs field, pervading all of space. Visually, it’s not an easy thing to describe.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. I'm sure by now we've all heard the refrain: "The Higgs boson creates mass." And if you ...

The Higgs boson has existed since the earliest moments of our universe. Its directionless field permeates all of space and entices transient particles to slow down and burgeon with mass. Without the ...

The Higgs field is special because it controls the mass of all other particles. In effect, it serves as a kind of master switch, determining how sticky all the other switches’ defaults are.

But an important piece of evidence supporting the Standard Model never materialized: the Higgs boson. It is the particle associated with the so-called Higgs field, an energy field that gives mass ...

The Fermilab teams' almost-final answer is that a particle like the Higgs boson can lurk only in the area between 115 and 135 GeV, and they say there's just a 1-in-550 chance that the bump they're ...

Beyond The Physics To Peter Higgs, the field of particle physics was much of his life, though he also enjoyed hiking and was outspoken in a number of areas.