Monday, 29 August 2016

Dear Dr. B: How come we never hear of a force that the Higgs boson carries?

�Dear Dr. Hossenfelder,
First, I love your blog. You provide a great insight into the world of physics for us laymen. I have read in popular science books that the bosons are the �force carriers.� For example the photon carries the electromagnetic force, the gluon, the strong force, etc. How come we never hear of a force that the Higgs boson carries?Ramiro Rodriguez�
Dear Ramiro,

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