Today we have the standard model, which reduces all of reality to a dozen or so particles and four forces. It's a hard-won simplicity [...and...] remarkably accurate. But it is also incomplete and, in fact, internally inconsistent. The Higgs boson is so central to the state of physics today, so crucial to our final understanding of the structure of matter, yet so elusive, that M. Lederman had given it a nickname: the God Particle.
Where should I hide these inquisitive creatures ? , said God... and gave the Universe to humans.
What all the things that expected to be discovered by science are?
When we think about Big Bang we consider about our universe equations therefor we get answer, but when we think about its spawns this question are demonstrated when we have any things how we get all thing? because we haven't defined any thing before big bang. we talk in big bang, we had a huge compressed matter, but those matter where was from? however if we reply these questions again we have answer too.
What's your mean Mrs. Golhami? Is your mean next universe? May you explain more? please, clear for me relation of your answer with my question. thanks.
@Farzad
I believe your post about the BB was directed to me. I do not quite understand what you said but if I understood you correctly the answer to your question: where did all the matter/energy come from originally, will be:
1- If you are a theist, God
2-If you a theist and a physicist/scientist, God
3-if you are an atheist, you dont believe in God
4- If you are an atheist and a physicist, the laws of physics- See my question on this very subject. Although the question has a religious aspect to it I am only interested in the physics. You are welcome to express your views.
Can the Laws of Physics Create Anything?
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Can_the_laws_of_physics_create_anything
Dear Farzad
If somebody ask me: "What all the things that expected to be discovered by science are?", I will answer just a word, "Universe". I men all the things that it's possible to be discovered in the future.
Dear Mr. Milani
I don't mean the next or other Universe. I just mean that human will go everywhere of the Universe in the future. This is an optimistic answer for the human and science's power.
Back to a more serious discussion!
The "God particle" is the nickname of a subatomic particle called the Higgs boson. different subatomic particles are responsible for giving matter different properties. One of the most mysterious and important properties is mass. Some particles, like protons and neutrons, have mass. Others, like photons, do not. The Higgs boson, or “God particle,” is believed to be the particle which gives mass to matter and is thought to hold the physical fabric of the universe together. The “God particle” nickname grew out of the long, drawn-out struggles of physicists to find this elusive piece of the cosmic puzzle.
The “God particle” nickname actually arose when the book The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question? by Leon Lederman was published. Since then, it’s taken on a life of its own, in part because of the monumental questions about matter that the God particle might be able to answer. The man who first proposed the Higgs boson’s existence almost 50 years ago, Edinburgh professor Peter Higgs, isn’t all that amused by the nickname “God particle,” as he’s an avowed atheist. All the same, there isn’t really any religious intention behind the nickname.
The Higgs boson, initially theorized in 1964, was tentatively confirmed to exist on 14 March 2013. The discovery has been called "monumental"because it appears to confirm the existence of the Higgs field,which is pivotal to the Standard Model and other theories within particle physics.
Issam,
"The Higgs boson... is believed to be the particle which gives mass to matter and is thought to hold the physical fabric of the universe together."
For clarity, I think it's more correct to say that the Higgs mechanism is thought to explain only how fundamental particles obtain their characteristic, invariant rest mass. I think this is critically important, because the vast majority of material (atomic) mass is produced by the containment of quark kinetic energy (within protons and neutrons) by gluons mediating the strong force. Please see http://cds.cern.ch/journal/CERNBulletin/2012/06/News%20Articles/1420890?ln=en
"Interactions with the Higgs field are not just reserved for force-carrying particles. The theory can also explain how all other fundamental particles acquire their rest mass. But don’t make the mistake of thinking the Higgs field is responsible for all mass. Interaction with the field actually contributes less than 1 kg to the mass of an average person. Your remaining mass comes from the energy of the various forces holding your bodies together – mainly the strong force binding quarks inside nucleons, with a tiny contribution from the electromagnetic force that reigns over the atomic scale."
You are absolutely right James. I just didn't want to go into the details of this because I was not sure what exactly is the aim of the question. You can see this from my and other's previous answers :) Thanks anyway.
I agree, and hesitated for the same reason. However, all mass is so widely attributed solely to the Higgs boson - I now try to clarify!
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