For some of you who are science fans, when I ask the above question you might answer that our mass comes from the Higgs boson. You are probably right. But that’s not the whole story though. Higgs boson gives mass to the elementary particles like quarks, leptons and bosons. And we are all made ofContinueContinue reading “Where Does Your Mass Come From?”
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Bosons – The Force Carrying Particles
The Standard Model of Particle Physics has three different types of particles – quarks, leptons and bosons. We have covered the first two types i.e. quarks and leptons. So, today let’s learn about bosons. Bosons are the force carrying particles. There are five different types of bosons known to us – photon (carrier of electromagneticContinueContinue reading “Bosons – The Force Carrying Particles”
Neutrino – The Ghostly Particle
Neutrinos are ghostly particles. They can change their identities. They have mass of about one-millionth of the mass of electron. Also, they are neutral and interact only via the nuclear weak force and gravity. Think of this, if we take the strength of nuclear strong force as 1, electromagnetism’s strength is 10^-2, nuclear weak force’sContinueContinue reading “Neutrino – The Ghostly Particle”
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