JOURNAL ARTICLE

A massive problem.

  • Published In: New Scientist, 2023, v. 258, n. 3444. P. 22 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Prescod-Weinstein, Chanda 3 of 3

Abstract

So, an avocado gets a lot of its mass from the mass of electrons and the masses of up and down quarks. The boson is one manifestation of the Higgs mechanism, which interacts with leptons like the electron as well as quarks in a way that leads to them developing the inherent property of mass. Electrons are indivisible elementary particles, unlike protons and neutrons, which are composed of different combinations of up and down quarks, which, in turn, are elementary particles. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:New Scientist. 2023/06, Vol. 258, Issue 3444, p22
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0262-4079
  • Accession Number:164430709
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